PM in Varanasi on day-long visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri here on Saturday during his day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency to launch the BJP's countrywide membership drive.
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri here on Saturday during his day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency to launch the BJP's countrywide membership drive.
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Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president JP Nadda and the state unit chief of the saffron party, Mahendra Nath Pandey.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates a statue of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri at Varanasi airport pic.twitter.com/xfUriPKZAm
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Anil Shastri and Sunil Shastri, sons of late Lal Bahadur Shastri, were present at the venue as also Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh, a kin of the former prime minister.
PM Narendra Modi greeted by son of former Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri and Senior Congress leader Anil Shastri at Varanasi airport. PM later inaugurated a statue of Lal Bahadur Shastri. LB Shastri's younger son and BJP leader Sunil Shastri also present pic.twitter.com/3iS9TTbkiI
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Earlier, Modi arrived at the Babatpur airport here on his second visit to his constituency after winning the parliamentary polls held in April-May.
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Prime Minister Modi arrives in Varanasi
The prime minister then proceeded to launch a tree-plantation campaign -- "Anand Kanan" -- in the temple city, before kickstarting the membership drive of the ruling party, coinciding with the 118th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches a tree plantation drive in Varanasi. pic.twitter.com/Kg9EGHLPmd
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Modi had visited his constituency on May 27 to thank people for imposing faith in his government. (PTI)