Responding to a question on BJP's expectation from politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, Shah said it will emerge as the “biggest” party in the state where it managed to wrest only 10 seats in 2009 elections.
“I do not want to specifically talk about the numbers.
In the last election we had got 10 seats. This time we will emerge as the biggest party and there will be huge difference of seats between the party in the first position and second position,” he said.
Shah said the party had decided to field Modi from this temple town so that it helps the party particularly in Purvanchal and Bihar.
“It is an internal matter of BJP. Obviously, he was to fight anywhere in the Hindi heartland. The party had assessed that fielding him from Varanasi would help it in whole of Purvanchal, Bihar and other nearby areas,” he said.