Varanasi, March 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a roadshow in Varanasi and offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple after arriving in his Parliamentary constituency to a rousing reception, days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded him from the seat for a third time for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
BJP workers and locals lined up the roads outside the airport from where Modi began his 28-km long roadshow, greeting the enthusiastic public who showered flower petals on him and chanted "Modi, Modi", "Jai Shri Ram" and "Har Har Mahadev".
"From Kaziranga to Kashi via Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal! Prayed at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and sought Mahadev's blessings for the progress of India," Modi sa...