New Delhi, April 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various development projects worth over Rs.3,880 crore in Varanasi on Friday, April 11. This was Modi's landmark 50th visit as a Member of Parliament (MP) to the city that has elected him to theLok Sabha three times since 2014.

Modi greeted the people of Varanasi in Bhojpuri and said, "Kashi belongs to me, I belong to Kashi," beginning his address.

Modi was felicitated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as he reached the venue in his parliamentary constituency.

Among other projects, Modi inaugurated two 400 KV and one 220 KV transmission substations and associated transmission lines in the Jaunpur, Chandauli, and Ghazipur district...