UP battleground as it happened: BJP hits back, says Rahul Gandhi must respect democracy

‘Rahul Gandhi must respect democracy’

BJP took on Rahul Gandhi after his allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP spokesperson said that Rahul Gandhi must respect democracy. Cash-commission-corruption go with the Congress. The party has a close bond with corruption and that’s why the party is not supporting Modi’s demonetisation. BJP spokesperson Shrikant Sharma said Rahul should not cross the proverbial “lakshman rekha”.

'मैंने प्रधानमंत्री से भ्रष्टाचार के बारे में2-3 सवाल पूछे पर उन्होंने सवाल के जवाब नहीं दिये,पर जो सवाल पूछे उनका मज़ाक उड़ाया' बहराइच,यूपी

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 22, 2016

मैं उनका जवाब ग़ालिब की शायरी में देना चाहता हूँ :
'हर एक बात पे कहते हो तुम कि तू क्या है
तुम्हीं कहो कि ये अंदाज़-ए-गुफ़्तुगू क्या है' pic.twitter.com/bZNZFAASZL

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 22, 2016

सवाल यह है कि प्रधानमंत्री ने भ्रष्टाचार किया कि नहीं? आप मेरा जितना मज़ाक उड़ाना चाहते हो उड़ाओ लेकिन सवालों के जवाब दे दो!

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 22, 2016

Does cashless economy rely on magic? Rahul Gandhi’s bizarre speech

In a bizarre comment over push for cashless economy in India, Rahul Gandhi questioned whether “cashless economy relies on magic.”

No. Really, he said that. 

Modi Ji ne yahan(Bahraich) telephone pe bhashan dia tha,line itni kharab thi kuch sunai nahi dia.Aise phone se paise transfer honge?-RGandhi pic.twitter.com/WxpeN6gtdK

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Modi is a super planner, Vaghela told me: Rahul Gandhi

Quoting Shankersinh Vaghela, Rahul says that the former chief minister had said that Modi is a super event planner and that’s it.

Vaghela ji ne mujhe bataya, Modi ji super event planner hain; unko aap kuch bhi de dijiye vo shaandar tareeke se event bana denge: RGandhi pic.twitter.com/MU5yilhgJ3

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

How many black money hoarders have been put in jail by Modiji? Not even one; he instead made Modi(lalit) and Mallya run away

Kala dhan unke paas nahi hai jo line mein khade hain, kala dhan unke paas hai jo aapke saath hawai jahaz mein jaate hain:Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/ydaaKlJfEw

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Yahan koi hai jiske account mein Modi ji ne 15 lakh dalwaye?Mujhe ek kaale dhan wale ka naam batao jisko inho ne jail mein dala:Rahul Gandhi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Mazdoor kya debit card ya credit card se samaan khareed ta hai? Nahi vo cash se khareed ta hai: Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/GAAYpMh6QR

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Rahul Gandhi warns of a quake but survey shows it might be a tremor never felt

Here’s an interesting fact: 

According to a CVOTER survey , conducted on 19 and 20 December in 24 states, 57.7 percent of the total respondents believed that Gandhi’s allegations about Modi’s corruption were baseless. This group of respondents refused to trust Rahul, the survey said.

As Parliament was going for its winter recess, Rahul had warned that he would drop a bombshell regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi if allowed to speak in the House. A survey of 1,235 people has revealed that his grandiose statements were a little too weak to cause an “earthquake”, as he threatened would happen. The survey was conducted to find out what the nation thinks about Gandhi’s claims that he would expose Modi’s graft.

Rahul Gandhi’s address a damp squib

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s speech, similar to his Mehsana address on Wednesday, said nothing new. Rahul quoted the same numbers, the same digits and raised the same points that he has been quoting since 8 November — the day Modi government implemented demonetisation. 

Dubbing demonetisation as fire-bombing on citizens, Rahul on Wednesday had claimed the move by Modi was aimed at snatching money from the poor and giving it to the wealthy. Addressing a rally at Mehsana, Rahul had compared the hardships faced by people due to note ban with a World War-II tactic, called fire-bombing, wherein cities were destroyed through heavy bombing during nights.

“During the WW-II, around 300 to 400 fighter planes used to drop large number of bombs on a city during night to destroy it within minutes. I want to tell Modiji he has done similar fire-bombing on India’s downtrodden, poor people, farmers, women and middleclass citizens” he said.

Rahul did the same thing in Bahraich on Thursday. Now sample this speech, which is again a copy of what the Congress vice-president said in Mehsana. 

In his Mehsana speech, Rahul alleged the central government “deliberately” stalled cash dispensation from banks and ATMs to keep it in the banks for at least six to seven months “so that banks can write off loans of rich families”. According to Rahul, only 6 percent black money is in cash while 94 percent is in the form of real estate, gold, diamonds, or is parked in bank accounts abroad. He also claimed that one per people or 50 rich families, are holding that black money while remaining 99 per cent population are honest. “When people started demanding Rs 15 lakhs as promised during the Lok Sabha polls, Modiji came up with this gimmick, which he termed as surgical strike on corruption and black money. But, instead of targetting 94 percent black money, he targetted remaining 6 percent” said Rahul. “Modiji took his aim on those honest 99 percent, not those 1 percent rich people having that black money. This one per cent had defaulted on loans of Rs 8 lakh crore. Now, Modiji wants to write off those loans of 50 rich families. Modi will not touch them, because these 50 families helped him in becoming PM,” he alleged.

Kala dhan unke paas nahi hai jo line mein khade hain, kala dhan unke paas hai jo aapke saath hawai jahaz mein jaate hain:Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/ydaaKlJfEw

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Uttar Pradesh turns into a battleground

On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a full-frontal attack on Congress, Rahul Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and every critic of demonetisation, the Congress vice-president did not shy away from a rebuttal. 

Speaking in Bahraich, Rahul lambasted Modi for making fun of him. “Everyday our farmers are committing suicide, we went to the PM with these problems, but the PM did not say even one word.”

Modi ji ne kaha ki line mein chor khade huye hain, aaj bank ke saamne maine log dekhe.Modiji vo chor nahi imaandar ghareeb hain:Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/WuRlPFd0tt

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Everyday our farmers are committing suicide, we went to the PM with these problems, but the PM did not say even one word:Rahul Gandhi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Rahul Gandhi tosses Ghalib barb at Narendra Modi

In UP’s Bahraich, Congress scion slammed the prime minister for making fun of him. Rahul, who was addressing the Jan Akrosh Rally in Bahraich on Thursday, said that make fun of me as much as you want, “but at least reply to my questions.”

“Main Ghalib ke shabdon mein kehta hoon ‘Har ek baat pe kehte ho ke tu kya hai, tumhi kaho ke yeh Andaaz-e-Guftagu kya hai,” says Rahul, quoting Ghalib.

Kal maine Gujarat mein PM Modi ji se 2-3 sawal pooche, bhrashtachaar ke baare mein:Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/vhyUNWqf24

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

PM ne sawal ke jawab toh nahi diye par jo sawal pooch raha tha uska mazak udaya: Rahul Gandhi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Aap mera jitna mazzak udana chahte ho udaao, par desh ke yuvaaon ke sawalon ka jawab do: Rahul Gandhi in Bahraich pic.twitter.com/Y6iKPB7prE

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Main Ghalib ke shabdon mein kehta hoon 'Har ek baat pe kehte ho ke tu kya hai, tumhi kaho ke yeh Andaaz-e-Guftagu kya hai':Rahul Gandhi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Modi ji ne kaha ki line mein chor khade huye hain, aaj bank ke saamne maine log dekhe.Modiji vo chor nahi imaandar ghareeb hain:Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/WuRlPFd0tt

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Rahul Gandhi addresses Jan Akrosh rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich

Liars ask liars to speak the truth 

The current slugfest between the BJP and the Congress over the Sahara and Birla diaries is a living embodiment of Rahat Indori’s couplet: Jhooton ne jhooton se kaha hai, sach bolo (liars are asking liars to speak the truth), writes senior editor of Firstpost Sandipan Sharma. 

Consider Rahul Gandhi’s case first. After threatening to expose Modi in Parliament, bring about a quake, he has done a Kejriwal 2.0 by rehashing some of the allegations made by the Delhi chief minister in the state assembly. The papers he is quoting to attack Modi are a compilation of the who’s who of Indian politics. Hidden in the Sahara files and the Birla papers are names of politicians from across the political spectrum, including those of Congress leaders, some UPA-era stalwarts and the then Delhi chief minister, now the party’s face in Uttar Pradesh.

The BJP’s conceit, deceit and denials are even more shameful.

Read the full article here

Rahul Gandhi responds to Narendra Modi’s “earthquake” jibe

मोदीजी पहले यह तो बताइये कि 2012/13 के इन 10 packets में क्या था? pic.twitter.com/gCso0R7SZC

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 22, 2016

Rahul never thinks before he speaks: PM Modi

Accusing the government of not allowing him to speak in Parliament, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had earlier said that “an earthquake will come” if he speaks and had gone on to claim that he had knowledge of “personal corruption” by Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister, who was on his first tour of his Lok Sabha constituency after Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were demonetised on 8 November, was speaking at a function organised inside the Banaras Hindu University campus.

Modi took potshots at Gandhi’s assertion that payments through cards, online transfers etc. would face hurdles in the country due to low literacy levels, saying, “I hope he does not say that I had indulged in some sort of black magic to make illiterate those who knew how to read and write. He never thinks before he speaks and he may not have realized that he has admitted the failure of the long reign of his own party,” the PM said adding his detractors have been forced “to admit, even if unwittingly, their failures”.

He said a cleanliness campaign has been launched and the “stink” raised during cleaning of garbage which is scattered everywhere is the same that the country is feeling now.

With inputs from PTI

Did not take into account that political leaders will come to the rescue of the corrupt: Modi

The Prime Minister, who was on his first tour of his Lok Sabha constituency after demonetisation, said, “Many people say I had not taken into account the consequences of this huge step. In fact, the only thing that I could not take into account was the brazenness with which many political parties and leaders will come to the rescue of the corrupt. But I am happy that this drive aimed at eliminating kala dhan has exposed so many kale mann.”   

PTI

A handwritten pg seized by IT in Sahara raid with payoffs of 2010.Last entry is 1.25cr to RS Prasad.BJP shd get better person to defend Modi pic.twitter.com/h4a9Fwn4Fo

— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) December 22, 2016

PM Modi lauds Smriti Irani for working hard on projects in Kashi pic.twitter.com/6t51jgbJmy

— News18 (@CNNnews18) December 22, 2016

If someone is suffering from cancer, why should one go far for treatment. We decided a cancer research institute should come up here-PM Modi pic.twitter.com/yZXkwprT6v

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

This land of Kashi is of spiritual importance and has tremendous tourism potential. It is also a trade centre: PM Modi in Varanasi pic.twitter.com/PCVk5beE7v

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Today, Kashi is receiving various projects worth Rs 2100 crore: PM Modi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Gloves off ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls

Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi, ahead of the crucial UP Assembly polls early next year, has given us a glimpse into what we can expect from the upcoming political event. Speaking at BHU, Modi attacked critics of demonetisation and kept his audience riveted.

His visit came in the wake of scathing allegations against the prime minister levelled by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday, and ahead of next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. While he sidestepped the accusations, Modi made a mockery of the Opposition, particularly former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former finance and home minister P Chidambaram and Rahul.

However, it was a sombre Modi who began his address at the Banaras Hindu University by paying tribute to the foresight of Chanakya and stating the importance of art and culture in today’s world. “To save a human from becoming a robot, art and culture is needed,” he said.

However, the Samajwadi Party was not far behind, as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s government approved conversion of 17 backward castes (OBCs) to Scheduled Castes (SC) in a key Cabinet decision.

Earlier, the Uttar Pradesh State Backward Class Commission (UPSBCC) had recommend to the state government to enact legislation for curbing atrocities on the members of the OBCs, reports CNN-News18. 

On 8 December, 15 new castes were included in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) with the Centre issuing notification in this regard. Out of these 28, 15 castes, including Gadheri/itafarosh in Bihar, Jhora in Jharkhand and Labana in Jammu and Kashmir, were new entries, nine were synonyms or sub-castes of the castes which were already in the list and four were corrections.

UP: PM Narendra Modi speaking at the launch of development works in Varanasi. pic.twitter.com/CEGMVuQdK0

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

People are using different methods to save black money hoarders and the corrupt: Modi

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Quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ANI reports: 

Mele mei pickpockets aate hain, par woh bahut chalak hote hain;Jab jeb-katra jeb kaatne wala hota hai toh door uska saathi khada hota hai-PM

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Kaam hone par, uska dost dusri taraf dikhata hai 'chor-chor' keh ke, toh police woh taraf chali jati hai aur chor aaram se nikal jata hai-PM pic.twitter.com/3CpuMyLr76

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Bemaino ko bachane ke liye jane kaisi kaisi tarkeeb apnayi jaa rahi hai ji: PM Narendra Modi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Watch: Modi inspecting works carried out under IPDS-HRIDAY Schemes at Kabir Nagri in Varanasi

#Watch: PM Narendra Modi waves at people while inspecting works carried out under IPDS-HRIDAY Schemes at Kabir Nagri in Varanasi (UP) pic.twitter.com/SZBuAsnBAt

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

‘Critics like Pakistan? Didn’t expect this from a PM’

Reacting to PM Narendra Modi’s jibe against Rahul Gandhi, senior NDTV journalist Sreenivasan Jain took to Twitter and said, “‘Critics like Pakistan’ are the kind of inferences I heard at Yogi Adityanath rally in Gorakhpur two days ago. Not expected from a PM.”

'Critics like Pakistan' are the kind of inferences I heard at Yogi Adityanath rally in Gorakhpur 2 days ago. Not expected from a PM. https://t.co/LbW74cTJTl

— Sreenivasan Jain (@SreenivasanJain) December 22, 2016

When Narendra Modi mimicked Rahul Gandhi

Modi compares Parliament disruptions to Pakistan cross border-firing

The prime minister came down heavily on former prime minister Manmohan Singh for lambasting the current BJP government’s decision to demonetise. Training his guns on specific members of the Opposition, he said, “Our former prime minister (Manmohan) said, ‘It’s the need of the hour to bring change’. There was a time when silver coins were currency, now it’s paper money. And technology has enabled us to move forward and beyond all that. He (Manmohan) also said that in a country where 50 percent of the population is poor, you can’t expect technology to be incorporated across the board. Was that (his allusion to poverty) a report card of his government or mine?”

Ab mujhe batao ye wo apna report card de rahe hain ya mera de rahe hain. Ye 50% gareebi, viraasat kiski jhel raha hoon main?: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/FcWyFfCn3O

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Modi and his many engagements in Varanasi

During his visit, the Prime Minister will inaugurate several projects and will also address the party workers. “Will inaugurate a Trade Facilitation Centre and Crafts Museum and launch schemes and programmes of Ministry of Textiles during the Varanasi visit,” Modi tweeted.

“There will also be an interaction with booth level BJP Karyakartas (workers) working in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat,” PM said in another tweet.

Modi will also lay the foundation stone for Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Hospital and a Centenary Super Specialty Hospital at the Banaras Hindu University campus. 

“Foundation stone for a ESI super speciality hospital will also be laid. All these development works will greatly benefit the people of Varanasi,” Modi said in another tweet.

With inputs from IANS

Looking forward to visiting Varanasi & interacting with citizens. I will be joining various programmes during my visit today.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 22, 2016

Will lay the foundation stone for Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Cancer Centre & Centenary Super Speciality Hospital.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 22, 2016

Will inaugurate a Trade Facilitation Centre & Crafts Museum and launch schemes & programmes of @TexMinIndia during the Varanasi visit.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 22, 2016

Foundation stone for a ESI super speciality hospital will also be laid. All these development works will greatly benefit people of Varanasi.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 22, 2016

There will also be an interaction with booth level @BJP4India Karyakartas working in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. @BJP4UP

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 22, 2016

Modi versus Rahul: This round goes to the prime minister

Joking about Congress vice-president’s oratory and political skills, Modi at an event in BHU said that back in 2009, there wsa no way to figure out what was happening inside Rahul Gandhi’s head, but “we now know that there’s nothing to be worried about.”

“Naa bolte toh bada bhukamp aajata, aur desh ko kitna bada bhukamp jhelna padta ki desh 10 saal tak ubhar na pata. Lekin achha hua bolna shuru kar diya, toh pata chal raha hai bhukamp ki sambhaavna bachhi hi nahin (If he didn’t speak, apparently the country would have to live through a terrible earthquake and would take us 10 years to recover from it. Well, thank god he started speaking, now we know that therre’s no danger of any earthquake),” Modi says.

Ek yuva neta hain, abhi bhaashan seekh rahe hain. Jab se unhone bolna seekha hai, meri khushi ka koi paar nahin: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/5iRfbdjC2w

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

2009 me pata hi nahi chalta tha ki iss packet ke ander kya hai. Ab pata chal raha hai ki kya hai: PM Modi in Varanasi pic.twitter.com/IzRc0HM6Rr

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Naa bolte toh bada bhukamp aajata, aur desh ko kitna bada bhukamp jhelna padta ki desh 10 saal tak ubhar na pata: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/n04R9yuTfF

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Lekin achha hua bolna shuru kar diya, toh pata chal raha hai bhukamp ki sambhaavna bachhi hi nahin: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/XmMqB3Rgmp

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Watch: Prime Minister Narendra Modi ridicules Rahul Gandhi’s oratory and political skills

Unhone (Manmohan Singh) kaha ki "jis desh mein 50% log gareeb ho, wahan ye technology wagera kaise ho sakta hai"?: PM Modi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Unhone (Manmohan Singh) kaha ki "jis desh mein 50% log gareeb ho, wahan ye technology wagera kaise ho sakta hai"?: PM Modi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Ab mujhe batao ye wo apna report card de rahe hain ya mera de rahe hain. Ye 50% gareebi, viraasat kiski jhel raha hoon main?: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/FcWyFfCn3O

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Modi takes a dig at Manmohan, Rahul and those opposing demonetisation

Turning the tables against his detractors, the prime minister raised the issue of opposition to demonetisation. “When a former prime minister and a former finance minister and a man like Manmohan Singh who has been part of the core economic team, would say that when 50 percent of the population is poor, how will a cashless economy work? I want to tell Mr Singh that the fact that 50 percent of India is poor, is not my doing,” says Modi at the Banaras Hindu University. 

Slamming the Opposition for standing by the corrupt instead of helping the government with a “move like this”, Modi said that what was shocking was when politicians and political parties started standing by the corrupt and those hoarding black money. 

In dino desh ka ek bohot bada safayi abhiyaan chal raha hai: PM Narendra Modi #DeMonetisation

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Agar gandagi ka bada dher ho aur wahan se aap guzarte hain toh durgandh aati hai: PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/IPnWUodGgq

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Kabhi socha nahi tha ki desh ke kuch raajneta himmat ke sath beimaano ke sath khadey ho jaayenge : PM Modi in Varanasi #DeMonetisation pic.twitter.com/BRPtbYPebc

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Pakistan ko ghuspethiyon ko Hindustan mein bhejna ho toh kya karta hai? Seema par firing shuru kar deta hai: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/AQBMkIDM1H

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Toh humari fauj bhi busy ho jaati hai unke saath, aur lapak karke wo ghus jate hain: PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/c3mwfm2PQA

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav government plays caste card ahead of UP polls

While Narendra Modi reached Varanasi to address BJP workers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav played the ultimate caste card, hours before Election Commission will impose the moral code of conduct. 

According to reports, merely 11 hours before the model code of conduct kicks in, Akhilesh Yadav Cabinet cleared proposal to include 17 OBCs in the Scheduled Caste list. Akhilesh was in Lucknow to unveil the Varuna riverfront project.

#FLASH: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet clears proposal to include 17 OBCs in SC list

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

(Uttar Pradesh): CM Akhilesh Yadav unveils the Varuna riverfront project in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/66DZjj6uOG

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Modi lays foundation stone of Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre in Varanasi

“To save a human from becoming a robot, art and culture is needed,” says a sombre Narendra Modi at Banaras Hindu University.

Uttar Pradesh: PM Modi lays foundation stone of Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre in Varanasi pic.twitter.com/NRhJYNe3em

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

PM Modi speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Mahamana Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre in Varanasi pic.twitter.com/3TNp7eDOL8

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Arts and culture have a paramount place in our society: PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi pic.twitter.com/YE1IYyrNQn

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Varanasi

With the crucial assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh just around the corner, the BJP’s grass root level cadre in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency here shall be looking forward to receiving from him the mantra for electoral success on Thursday.

Modi, who arrived Varanasi on Thursday morning will be interacting with nearly 20,000 booth-level party workers at the Diesel Locmotive Works (DLW) premises forms a major part of the Prime Minister’s itinerary.

PM Modi arrives in Varanasi, will inaugurate a Trade Facilitation Centre & Crafts Museum & launch schemes, programmes of Textiles Ministry pic.twitter.com/MEaMnRbgXf

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016

PM Modi arrives in Varanasi, will also interact with booth level BJP Karyakartas working in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat pic.twitter.com/Vf6XkvvMmW

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 22, 2016