Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the BJP's countrywide membership drive in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on the birth anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Anyone can become member of BJP by giving a missed call on mobile number 8980808080.
During his address to the party workers PM Modi slammed those criticizing Budget 2019 as "professional pessimists".
He had tweeted that the drive will connect people from all walks of life with the BJP family and will strengthen the party.
PM Modi unveiled a statue of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and then launched a tree-plantation campaign, "Anand Kanan", in the temple city.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Ram Naik received the prime minister at the Varanasi airport, along with BJP working president J P Nadda and Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey.