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Kejriwal to reach Varanasi ahead of counting

Varanasi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will arrive in the temple town this evening ahead of the counting day tomorrow for the Lok Sabha elections held in a marathon nine phases spread over 35

Prasad said, Kejriwal had chosen to stay away from the election buzz for couple of days in order to carry out his meditation practise of ‘vipassana', but he will reach Varanasi today.

BJP Varanasi Loksabha media in-charge, Navratan Rathi said, Modi is likely to visit on May 17 and his Lok Sabha election in-charge Ashok Dhawan will be present at the counting centre tomorrow.

The counting of votes will begin at 8 AM when the postal ballots will be counted. According to EC guidelines, half-and-hour after the postal ballots are counted, the process of counting votes from the EVMs will begin.