PM Modi to visit Varanasi on November 7

November 03, 2014 20:21

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Varanasi on a two-day visit, starting from November 7, during which he is likely to discuss a plan of adopting a village from his constituency under the MP Model Village Scheme. This will be Modi's first visit to his Lok Sabha constituency since assuming the top post, as part of giving a fillip to its development. Besides this, the prime minister will also lay a foundation stone for a trade facilitation centre and a crafts museum and will inaugurate a trauma centre at the Banaras Hindu University.

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi on the campaign trail in April.

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