Narendra Modi resigns from Vadodara seat, retains Varanasi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi resigned from the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat and retained the Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh.

Modi had won from both seats with a thumping majority.

Modi had defeated Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal and Congress' Ajay Rai in Varanasi.

He also won the Vadodara seat by a record margin of over 5 lakh votes against Congress' Madhusudan Mistry.

The BJP had announced Modi would contest the Varanasi seat in UP after sitting parliamentarian Murli Manohar Joshi gave in to the pressure from top leadership. Joshi fought from the Kanpur seat.