PM Modi to hold road show in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Varanasi on Friday, ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Polling for the seventh phase, which will be the last, will be held on 7 March.

Giving details of PM Modi’s roadshow, regional Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Mahesh Chandra Srivastava said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow from Maldahiya to Vishwanath Dham. At Vishwanath Dham, the roadshow will conclude.” After offering prayers at Vishwanath Dham Temple, PM Modi will garland the statue of Madan Mohan Malviya located at BHU Gate.

Polling for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections concluded today. According to the most recent Election Commission data, Uttar Pradesh recorded a 55.79% turnout in the sixth phase of voting across 10 districts. Polling for the seventh phase, which will be the last, will be held on 7 March. The counting of votes will take place on 10 March.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi interacted with students who returned to India from Ukraine, in Varanasi on Thursday. These students shared their experiences with him. The students were from Varanasi as well as other parts of Uttar Pradesh.

In a related development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers who had shown black flags to her yesterday have nothing else except hooliganism in their brains.

She was addressing a rally in Varanasi in support of the Samajwadi Party in the ongoing Assembly elections. Banerjee said, “I am not scared. I am not a coward. I am a fighter. I faced thrashings and bullets several times in my life. But I never bowed down. The BJP workers yesterday stopped my car while on my way to Ghat from the airport. They hit my car with sticks and asked me to go back. But I have realised that the BJP’s loss is imminent in UP.” Banerjee was shown black flags amid chants of “Jai Sri Ram” in Varanasi on Wednesday.