Who is Annapurna, whose feet PM touches before filing the nomination?

Varanasi: Prime Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Varanasi, Narendra Modi files his nomination for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, in Varanasi, on April 26, 2019. (Photo: IANS)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has filed his nomination papers from the Varanasi seat for the Lok Sabha elections.

Top leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Tamil Nadu Deputy CM O Panneerselvam and others are present at the nomination-filing center in Varanasi. SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray are also present.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday touched the feet of his proposed 81-year-old Annapurna Shukla before filing his nomination for Lok Sabha Polls.

Annapurna Shukla is said to be the 'manasputri' of BJP ideologue and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) founder Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. Shukla is a doctor and ex-principal of women's college of BHU.

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