As people of Varanasi voted on May 19, former MP and veteran BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi said he is nobody to bless Narendra Modi, the party’s candidate from this seat, as the Prime Minister had got blessings of the people.

Mr. Joshi, who won on BJP’s ticket from Varanasi in 2009, was shifted to Kanpur in 2014 to make way for Mr. Modi. He did not get a chance to fight the 2019 election from any seat.

After voting, Mr. Joshi was asked by reporters whether his blessing are with Mr. Modi, to which he said, “Who am I?... People are blessing him.”