Retired Justice of Madras and Calcutta High Court C.S. Karnan will be taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, the retired judge said.
"I have decided to contest in Varanasi constituency against Modi. I am now in Varanasi doing the preliminary work for filing of my nomination," the 63-year-old retired justice told IANS.
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Retired Justice of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Madras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Madras</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CalcuttaHighCourt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CalcuttaHighCourt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CSKarnan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CSKarnan</a> will be taking on Prime Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NarendraModi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NarendraModi</a> in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Varanasi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Varanasi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LokSabha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LokSabha</a> constituency, the retired judge said. Photo: IANS <a href="https://t.co/yvG2dqqCHD">pic.twitter.com/yvG2dqqCHD</a>
&mdash; IANS Tweets (@ians_india) <a href="https://twitter.com/ians_india/status/1115874989251682304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2019</a></blockquote>
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He has already filed his nomination for the Central Chennai Lok Sabha seat and Varanasi will be his second constituency.
Karnan filed his papers as a candidate of Anti-Corruption Dynamic Party (ACDP) floated by him in 2018.
Karnan was the first sitting judge to be convicted for contempt of court. He underwent a six-month prison sentence after his retirement in June 2017.
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Karnan filed his papers as a candidate of Anti-Corruption Dynamic Party (ACDP) floated by him in 2018

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