Modi in Varanasi: Past govts hated growth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at Durga Mata Temple in Varanasi on Friday. Mr Modi, on a two-day visit to his constituency, inaugurated Deendayal Hastkala Sankul and later later flagged off the country’s third Mahamana Express train between Varanasi and Vadodara. At a function in the city, the Prime Minister took aim at previous governments, saying that they had a hatred for development.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that development was the solution to all problems in the country but previous government had a hatred for development.
“It was because of their hatred that we lagged behind but our effort will be to change the life of the poorest of the poor”, he said at a function in Varanasi.
The Prime Minister is on a two-days visit to his constituency Varanasi — his first after the BJP was elected to power in Uttar Pradesh with an overwhelming majority in March this year.
He inaugurated the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul, a Trade Facilitation Centre for handicrafts, in Bada Lalpur that was completed before its scheduled date of completion.
The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trade facilitation Centre, built at a cost of `300 crores, is designed to help and encourage handicraft workers. Mr Modi added that he would appeal to all auto and taxi driver o bring tourists to this centre at least once.
“Once the tourists see all the specialties, all arts and crafts of Varanasi here, they will not go back without buying something. This centre will increase trade and tourism in Varanasi,” he said. Also, he stated that he had interacted with weavers in Varanasi when he first came here. “Since that day, I was determined to change the future of weavers, preserve their ancestral skills and make their children find a future in their family trade. This centre will open new vistas for craftsmen,” he added.