Live updates: PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi

Let us actively participate in the movement towards a Swachh Bharat and fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's dream: PM Modi

Shramdan for the construction of a twin pit toilet at Shahanshahpur, Varanasi.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> As a part of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SwachhataHiSeva?src=hash">#SwachhataHiSeva</a> movement, did Shramdan for the construction of a twin pit toilet at Shahanshahpur, Varanasi. <a href="https://t.co/53WDxYL7nq">pic.twitter.com/53WDxYL7nq</a></p> &mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/911476597554765825">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

From the Darshan at the Durga Mata Temple and visit to Durga Kund.

Honoured to pray at the Tulsi Manas Mandir, one of Kashi’s historical temples: PM

Deendayal Hastkala Sankul, a trade facilitation centre for handicrafts.

Deendayal Hastkala Sankul, a trade facilitation centre for handicrafts will give a strong impetus to the sector: PM Modi

By 2022, every poor, whether in urban or rural area, will get a home. Building crores of homes will generate jobs, income: PM

Swachhata is a Puja for me. Cleanliness is a way to serve the poor of India.

I had the opportunity to help in toilet construction at a village nearby. The people of the village have decided to make the village open defecation free.

A clean India also means a healthier India.

'Swachhata' has to become 'Swabhav', it is our collective responsibility to keep our nation clean.

For us country is bigger than party: PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi

Doubling of farmers income is an area in which significant work is being done. Schemes like soil health card are benefitting farmers: PM

Let us make these five years about creating the India our freedom fighters dreamt about: PM Narendra Modi

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> Let us make these five years about creating the India our freedom fighters dreamt about: PM <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi">@narendramodi</a> <a href="https://t.co/gyQIjMGDGi">pic.twitter.com/gyQIjMGDGi</a></p> &mdash; Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/DDNewsLive/status/911460652144762880">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

Let us build on the strides we have made in the dairy sector. Cooperatives can help in this regard, as they have in parts of the nation: PM Modi

For us, governance is not about politics or winning elections. The priority is the well being of the nation.

Focus on animal health is commendable. This focus will benefit the farmers across the state.

I want to congratulate the Uttar Pradesh Government & specially Yyogi Adityanath for holding the Pashudhan Arogya Mela.

PM Modi addresses farmers in Varanasi

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="it"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash">#WATCH</a> Live via ANI FB PM Modi addresses farmers in Varanasi <a href="https://t.co/3mo97GEPcV">https://t.co/3mo97GEPcV</a> <a href="https://t.co/nU8OOHSYhN">pic.twitter.com/nU8OOHSYhN</a></p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/911456850687619072">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

Billionaire businessman Sajjan Jindal is officially the first tycoon to undertake a project cleaning up ghats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency.

PM Modi at Pashu Arogya Mela in Shahanshahpur, Varanasi

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="in"> PM Narendra Modi at Pashu Arogya Mela in Shahanshahpur, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Varanasi?src=hash">#Varanasi</a> <a href="https://t.co/OPJGohS2Kz">pic.twitter.com/OPJGohS2Kz</a></p> &mdash; Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/DDNewsLive/status/911454046833094656">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

PM Modi at Pashu Arogya Mela in Shahanshahpur. He will later address the farmers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="in"> Varanasi: PM Narendra Modi at Pashu Arogya Mela in Shahanshahpur. He will later address the farmers. <a href="https://t.co/4buMj5QXxF">pic.twitter.com/4buMj5QXxF</a></p> &mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/911447773010026496">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

PM Modi lays foundation for toilet under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, in Shahanshahpur, CM Yogi Adityanath also present

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="in"> Varanasi: PM Modi lays foundation for toilet under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, in Shahanshahpur, CM Yogi Adityanath also present <a href="https://t.co/OkyELlanJb">pic.twitter.com/OkyELlanJb</a></p> &mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/911443386388815872">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

PM Narendra Modi to address farmers in Varanasi's Shahanshahpur today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> PM Narendra Modi to address farmers in Varanasi&#39;s<br /> Shahanshahpur today. <a href="https://t.co/TG8bkxkvAz">pic.twitter.com/TG8bkxkvAz</a></p> &mdash; ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/911435322977787907">September 23, 2017</a></blockquote>

PM Modi, accompanied by Union textiles minister Smriti Irani, UP governor Ram Naik, chief minister Yogi Adityanath and other leaders, inaugurates the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul, a trade facilitation centre for handicrafts, in Varanasi on Friday.

The Modi government had unveiled the first rake of the Mahamana Express as part of railways&#39; Model Rake Project in 2016.<br /> The Mahamana Express with plush interiors &mdash; built under the Make in India initiative &mdash; currently runs on two routes, Varanasi-New Delhi and Bhopal-Khajuraho.<br /> The new weekly train will run from Varanasi every Friday and from Vadodara every Wednesday.