Narendra Modi in Varanasi LIVE: PM reaches Babatpur airport

Mangalore Today News Network

Varanasi, Mar 04, 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will descend on Varanasi on Saturday ahead of the last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. Besides Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be in Varanasi today for campaigning in the last phase.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Babatpur airport.

The campaign by the PM will coincide with the balloting in 49 seats in the neighbourhood under the penultimate phase of the seven-phase staggered elections.

The PM, who will be holding a roadshow, will begin from the BHU gate and pass through Ravidas Lanka gate, Assi, Bhadaini, Sonarpura, Madanpura, Gaudolia, Bans Phatak and will then offer prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple. He will then move to Chowk, Nichibagh, Maidagin, Kotwali Thana, Visheshwarganj, Gujratat temple and then to the Kaal Bhairav temple.

Amid the high-voltage electioneering, Modi, who is also the Lok Sabha MP from Varanasi, is expected to offer prayers at Kashi Vishwanath and Kal Bhairav temples and meet people in various areas after beginning his day from the Banaras Hindu University at around 9:30 am.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Varanasi today for campaigning in the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017. Security has been beefed up in the city and officials of the elite Special Protection Group (SPG) which guards Modi are camping here to ensure that the entire route is sanitised and protected.