PM Modi addresses gathering in UP's Azamgarh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his Uttar Pradesh visit today, his second to this part of the state in a just over a fortnight. During the two-day, PM Modi visits Varanasi, Azamgarh and Mirzapur. The prime minister makes his first public appearance in Azamgarh, seen as a dark spot for the BJP which swept the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in UP but lost the Azamgarh seat to former Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
In the 2017 assembly polls, the BJP routed Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP almost everywhere else in the state, but in Azamgarh's 10 assembly seats, it managed to win just one - conceding the rest to now allies Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati.
Here are the LIVE updates on PM Modi's UP visit:
In a veiled attack at the opposition party, PM Modi said: "They don't let the parliament function. The parivar party is trying to disrupt functioning of the house."
"I want to make sure that, in the name of triple talaq, whatever muslim sisters face, it should end": PM Modi
PM Modi Highlights Highlighting the developments of the BJP government, PM Modi underlined the following achievements
- More than 1 lakh panchayats have been connected to optical fibers
- More than 1.5 lakh wellness centres are being made
- More than 1 crore houses were made for the villagers in the last 4 year\
"These new facilities are for everyone and for the good," PM Modi said, and added, "But sadly, some people are only doing politics in Baba Saheb's name."
"Purvanchal Expressway will change the face of all villages and towns it passes through": PM Modi
I have always dreamt that people wearing "hawai chappal" (slippers) should be able to travel by hawai jahaz (airplane). More people have traveled by airplanes in recent years in India than those by trains: PM Modi
"Gorakhpur, Bundelkand will also get an expressway soon. This will boost connectivity in UP. Milk, vegetables, and other necessary items will reach Delhi's market sooner than ever. This will reduce time, help save fuel, be it a farmer, or whoever, this expressway is going to bring change in everybody's lives": PM Modi
Rs 23,000 Crore are being spent on the project: PM Modi
The expressway between Lucknow to Gazipur will go through several villages, districts, and it will bring historic changes: PM Modi
The commuting between Delhi and Ghazipur will become much easier once the expressway is up and running: PM Modi
The BJP has taken the route for development in UP and tried to get rid of corruption int he state, thanks to Yogi Adityanath: PM Modi
Yogi Adityanath is an able administrator. He has been able to control crime rate in UP. He has contributed immensely in the state's development: PM Modi
We are just serving you people: PM Modi
We are just serving you people: PM Modi
We want a speedy pace of development in UP: PM Modi
I greet the people in Azamgarh. We are making history today in Azamgarh: PM Modi in UP
PM Modi will lay the Foundation Stone of the 340 km long Poorvanchal Expressway
The Prime Minister will lay the Foundation Stone of the 340 km long Poorvanchal Expressway. This road will connect several important and historical towns of eastern Uttar Pradesh, including Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur - with the state capital - Lucknow.
In the 2017 assembly polls, the BJP routed Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP almost everywhere else in the state, but in Azamgarh's 10 assembly seats, it managed to win just one - conceding the rest to now allies Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati.
Azamgarh, has been a dark spot for the BJP which swept the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in UP but lost the Azamgarh seat to former Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
PM Modi will visit Varanasi, Azamgarh and Mirzapur today