PM Modi becomes emotional in Varanasi: 'I am overwhelmed and emotional... Today Mother Ganga adopted me'

On Monday evening, a day before nomination, Prime Minister Narendra Modi garlanded the statue of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya in front of the BHU gate and conducted a road show. BJP claims that around five lakh have participated in the eight-kilometer-long road show from BHU to Kashi Vishwanath Temple. This was the most successful road show so far, which was completed in 2:30 hours.

People from all sections of society welcomed the Prime Minister through aarti and conch sounds, cultural programs, folk dances, and folk songs from many platforms from Lanka Square to Assi. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and State President Bhupendra Singh Choudhary also accompanied the Prime Minister on the chariot.

In Madanpura, Muslim women welcomed him by showering flowers and raising slogans of Har Har Modi. The Prime Minister was welcomed by aarti and conch sounds from many platforms from Lanka to Assi. In some places, drums were being played and in other places, musical instruments were playing their tunes.

Cultural programs, folk dances, and folk songs were taking place at various places. Batuk and Sanyasis welcomed the Prime Minister with chanting of mantras. Small children were peeping through the barricading net to see the Prime Minister, while many women were standing with children in their arms.

The saffron atmosphere in the saffron fort, saffron chariot, Modi's attire also saffron

Amidst the chanting of Jai Shri Ram, the Prime Minister garlanded Mahamana and accepted the greetings of the huge crowd with folded hands. From here he started the road show in the saffron chariot. Saint moved towards Ravidas gate from the Lanka intersection. The entire route was decorated as if it was Diwali in the city.

People present on more than 100 platforms built for the Prime Minister from Lanka to Vishwanath Dham were welcoming the Prime Minister with invocations, devotional songs, and folk dances as well as by playing conch shells, shehnai, and damru. Archaks in special costumes were welcoming Modi by performing aarti.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X after the roadshow. He wrote that today every pore of mine is greeting every particle of Kashi. The affection and blessings that I have received from all of you in the roadshow are unimaginable and incomparable. I am overwhelmed and emotional. I didn't realize how 10 years passed under the shadow of your love. Then I said that Mother Ganga had called me. Today Mother Ganga has adopted me.

Whenever I have had the privilege of coming to Kashi, every time you have impressed me. This time, the enthusiastic participation that everyone here, from the children to the elders and from the women power to my young colleagues, will remain imprinted on my heart forever.

This deep feeling of belonging will provide me with immense energy to serve my Kashi and its family members as much as possible. In the last 10 years, with the cooperation and participation of all of you, I have left no stone unturned in the rejuvenation of Kashi. Today Baba Vishwanath Dham Corridor has become a grand and divine tableau of the identity of Kashi in line with the dignity of the country.

We have done many unprecedented things in a decade, be it an expansion of rail, road, and air networks or inland waterways authorities, education-health, and sanitation to infrastructure development. In 10 years, a network of roads and bridges has been laid in Kashi.

The railways have been modernized and beautified with several new trains including the Vande Bharat, Jan Shatabdi, and Banaras-Kanyakumari Tamil Sangam Express. We have kept the development of Varanasi on top priority in every field. Through Banas Kashi Sankul, the income of our farmer brothers and sisters has increased, while the dreams of women's power have also turned into reality.

With the development and expansion of many tourism-related facilities, new employment opportunities are being created for the youth. The ghats of Ganga have become an example of cleanliness and beauty. Apart from this, due to the operation of cruise boats, Rudraksha Convention Centre, Kashi-Tamil Sangamam, and promotion of spiritual tourism, a record number of devotees are coming to Kashi today.

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