UP BJP MLA Neelkanth Tiwari Sweeps Mosque Ahead Of PM Modi's Varanasi Visit, Video Viral: Watch
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Neelkanth Tiwari on Tuesday cleaned the premises of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.
The BJP MLA from Varanasi South Assembly seat and former minister in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet was seen cleaning the courtyard of Dharahra mosque near Panch Ganga ghat in the city.
The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled to visit his parliamentary constituency on April 11. The PM will launch developmental projects worth over Rs 3,884 crore during his visit, as per media reports.
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PM Modi To Visit Varanasi
Modi will lay the foundation stone for projects worth over Rs 2,255 crore and inaugurate projects worth over Rs 1,629 crore.
During the visit, Modi will address a public meeting in Mehdiganj which will be attended by over 50,000 people from the Varanasi district, including intellectuals, women, farmers, businessmen and students, reported Hindustan Times.
BJP's Kashi region president Dilip Patel said preparations for the visit have already begun. A cleanliness drive has been launched in all the wards of the district from April 6 to 10.
Major temples, crossroads, parks, and statues of great personalities will be cleaned as part of the drive.
The projects that will be launched by Modi include two 400 kV sub-stations and 130 rural drinking water projects worth over ₹345 crore of Jal Jeevan Mission, Sardar Patel Government degree college, Barki worth ₹7.6 crore, and three 400 KV substations and relation transmission lines together worth about Rs1000 crore among others.
He will also lay the foundation stone for a tunnel project worth Rs 652 crore to be constructed near the Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport here.
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