Regional president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Dilip Singh Patel said that like the previous visits, this time also Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various projects costing worth about `1,600 crore and they will not only directly benefit Varanasi but also the people of Purvanchal (eastern UP) and Uttar Pradesh. He was addressing a press conference at the BJP’s City Office at Gulab Bagh here on Friday on the eve of the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23.
Patel said that the PM is coming to his parliamentary constituency on Saturday around 12 noon. He said that India got international fame due to the successful organisation of G20 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, successful landing of Chandrayaan- 3 on the Moon and passing of Nari Shakti Vandan Act Bill in Parliament. He said that the party has made preparations for a grand welcome of the prime minister when he will land in the city. He informed that the prime minister will reach Ganjari directly from Varanasi Airport where he will lay the foundation stone of the international cricket stadium to be built at a cost of about `450 crore and address the public meeting. “Former and present players of the Indian cricket team will also be present on this occasion,” he said, adding that the PM will also interact with women on Nari Shakti Vandan Act at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (SSU).
Regional Bharatiya Janata Party chief said that after this, the prime minister will reach Rudraksh Convention Centre by road where he will inaugurate 16 Atal Residential Schools built at a cost of about `1,200 crore for wards of poor construction workers. During this, he will interact with the children of Atal Residential School in Karsada. The prime minister will also award the winners of various cultural programmes organised during the Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav (KSSM). He said that the BJP has made extensive preparations for the success of all the programmes including the public meeting.
Along with other preparations, the party has also conducted a comprehensive public relations campaign in the villages surrounding the venue of the public meeting which was continued on Friday, he said, adding that the gram pradhans have also been personally contacted and invited to attend the public meeting along with the villagers. According to him, the people from nearby villages will arrive in the form of a procession with musical instruments to welcome the PM in the public meeting. “People from the city and rural areas will arrive in large numbers on two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicles to welcome the prime minister on his travel routes and the venues of the programmes,” he said, adding that to welcome the prime minister, the entire parliamentary constituency is being decorated with 1,000 small and big hoardings and 10,000 flags.