Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Thursday to mark the ‘Good Governance Day’ on the occasion of the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He will visit Assi Ghat to inspect the progress of cleanliness drive launched by him last month and BHU where he will lay the foundation stone for an inter-university centre for teachers’ education to be named after Madan Mohan Malviya. At the BHU, Modi is also expected to launch Varanasi Mahotsav.During his last visit Modi had, on November 8, wielded a spade to remove silt deposited at the Assi Ghat along the banks of the Ganga as part of his ‘Swachchh Bharat’ campaign.
The Prime Minister had worked through an uneven muddy track to reach a makeshift stage where five priests were waiting for him to assist him in a special Ganga puja.The inter-university centre is expected to function as an autonomous body, the details of which will be spelt out during the Prime Minister’s visit to the campus.Among the other programmes, Vajpayee is scheduled to attend is the laying of foundation stone for the expansion of the Diesel locomotive Works factory and of a stadium in the holy city.