Ajay Rai, the INDIA bloc candidate from Varanasi, concluded his poll campaign by meeting with lawyers on the last day of campaigning for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections. Rai promised to fulfill the expectations of advocates if elected, while also aiming to sway Varanasi voters against BJP candidate PM Narendra Modi. Several senior leaders from the INDIA bloc and other parties campaigned in support of Rai, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav, Rahul Gandhi, and Akhilesh Yadav.