New Delhi: 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:
Jul 14, 2018 16:03 (IST)
"I want to make sure that, in the name of triple talaq, whatever muslim sisters face, it should end": PM Modi
Jul 14, 2018 15:43 (IST)
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
Jul 14, 2018 15:35 (IST)
The commuting between Delhi and Ghazipur will become much easier once the expressway is up and running: PM Modi
Jul 14, 2018 15:34 (IST)
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
Jul 14, 2018 15:33 (IST)
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
Jul 14, 2018 15:31 (IST)
We are just serving you people: PM Modi
Jul 14, 2018 15:31 (IST)
We are just serving you people: PM Modi
Jul 14, 2018 15:30 (IST)
We want a speedy pace of development in UP: PM Modi
Jul 14, 2018 15:30 (IST)
I greet the people in Azamgarh. We are making history today in Azamgarh: PM Modi in UP
Jul 14, 2018 14:48 (IST)
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.
Jul 14, 2018 14:23 (IST)
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.