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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed farmers on Day 2 of his Varanasi visit, where he promised “homes for all by 2022” and pitched for a clean and new India. Twitter @Pib_India
The prime minister also handed loan waiver and housing scheme certificates to beneficiaries. Modi also lashed out at his political rivals, saying that for BJP, politics was not for the sake of votes as it considered the country's development as the top-most priority. Twitter @PIB_India
Modi's packed schedule for the day started with the inauguration of a sanitation drive and a new gaushala, milk producing unit, an animal hospital and ‘Pashudhan Arogya Mela‘ in Shahanshahpur on the outskirts of Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency. Twitter @BJP4India
Speaking at the fair, which is being organised for the first time on 1800 acres of land in Shahanshahpur, Modi said that proper healthcare of the cattle through such initiatives, would help increase milk production in India. Twitter @BJP4India
As a part of Swachhata Hi Seva movement, Modi also did Shramdan for the construction of a twin pit toilet at Shahanshahpur, Varanasi. Facebook Narendra Modi
On Friday, prime minister visited the historic Tulsi Manas Temple in Varanasi. The temple has great historical and cultural importance in Hinduism as it was here that Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas was said to have been originally written by poet-saint Goswami Tulsidas. Twitter @BJP4India