<p>BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from Varanasi Thursday and several hundred kg of rose petals and other flowers have been ordered, party leaders said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Gujarat chief minister will be flying in to the temple town in the morning and would attend a string of events, including garlanding of statues of Banaras Hindu University founder Madan Mohan Malviya, B.R. Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Swami Vivekanand.<br /><br />He would then hold a roadshow ahead of filing his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha election at the district collectorate. <br /><br />Officials in Varanasi told IANS they have made elaborate plans for security of the BJP leader as more than a lakh people were expected to join the roadshow. <br /><br />Modi will spend over four hours in the city, a BJP leader said. <br /><br />Several hundred kg of rose petals and other flowers have been ordered for use during the roadshow.<br /><br />A list of 10 proposers of Modi has been sent to his office, the party leader said, adding Modi would be clearing the name of four people. <br /><br />Those who may get to propose the name of Modi as BJP candidate from Varanasi include Vishwanath Singh, owner of Pappu Tea Corner at Assi Ghat, and Chhannu Lal Misra, a classical singer from the Banaras gharana. <br /><br />The BJP tried to rope in the son and nephews of the late Shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan but they politely declined, citing their family tradition of staying away from politics.</p>
<p>BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from Varanasi Thursday and several hundred kg of rose petals and other flowers have been ordered, party leaders said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Gujarat chief minister will be flying in to the temple town in the morning and would attend a string of events, including garlanding of statues of Banaras Hindu University founder Madan Mohan Malviya, B.R. Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Swami Vivekanand.<br /><br />He would then hold a roadshow ahead of filing his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha election at the district collectorate. <br /><br />Officials in Varanasi told IANS they have made elaborate plans for security of the BJP leader as more than a lakh people were expected to join the roadshow. <br /><br />Modi will spend over four hours in the city, a BJP leader said. <br /><br />Several hundred kg of rose petals and other flowers have been ordered for use during the roadshow.<br /><br />A list of 10 proposers of Modi has been sent to his office, the party leader said, adding Modi would be clearing the name of four people. <br /><br />Those who may get to propose the name of Modi as BJP candidate from Varanasi include Vishwanath Singh, owner of Pappu Tea Corner at Assi Ghat, and Chhannu Lal Misra, a classical singer from the Banaras gharana. <br /><br />The BJP tried to rope in the son and nephews of the late Shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan but they politely declined, citing their family tradition of staying away from politics.</p>