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States – Gujarat, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Tripura and Uttarakhand – at 9 am. Nine deputy chief ministers of BJP-ruled states are also expected to participate to discuss various issues. This important meeting will go on till 2.45 pm in some states ahead of the 2022 assembly elections.
The first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, which connects two iconic sites of the holy city – Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Ganga Ghats – was inaugurated by PM Modi on Monday. Later, while on a cruise ship, he participated in the spectacular Ganga ‘Aarti’. Those accompanying Modi on the MV Vivekananda cruise included BJP President JP Nadda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
The Prime Minister will leave for the city’s Umrah area at 3.20 pm to attend the one-hour long public meeting. PM Modi will attend the 98th anniversary celebrations of Sadhguru Sadafaldev Vihangam Yoga Sansthan at Swarvad Mandir in Umrah at 4.35 pm.
The Prime Minister will reach the airport at 5.05 pm to depart for Delhi.
Appreciating the resilience of India’s civilizational heritage here, Modi on Monday said tyrants like Aurangzeb tried to destroy Kashi but were thrown into the dark pages of history while the ancient city was now a part of its glory. Writing a new chapter. In a speech after the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham, which has renovated and expanded the temple complex, Modi said India was now coming out of the complex “inferiority” brought upon it by centuries of slavery.
He said that the new Kashi Corridor would give a decisive direction to the country and lead it towards a brighter future. Arriving in the holy city, his parliamentary constituency, Modi paid obeisance at the Kaal Bhairav temple and then took a dip in the Ganges, from where he collected holy water for worship at the Kashi Vishwanath temple. In the evening, hours after the inauguration, he witnessed a spectacular Ganga Aarti from a cruise boat at the ghats, which was also attended by the chief minister of the BJP-ruled state. There were fireworks in the sky.
A new history is being created, he said in a speech that referred to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the Muslim invader Salar Masood and the British Governor-General Warren Hastings. Sultanates rose and fell but Banaras remained, he said. “The tyrants attacked this city, tried to destroy it. History is witness to Aurangzeb’s atrocities, his terror. He tried to change civilization with the sword. They fanatically tried to crush the culture.
“But the soil of this country is different from the rest of the world. Here Aurangzeb comes, Shivaji also stands up: Modi grows, warriors like King Suheldev make him realize the power of our unity,” he said. He added that the people of Varanasi forced Hastings to ride on the back of an elephant.
“Look how times change. Today the people synonymous with terrorism have been etched in the dark pages of history, while my Kashi is marching ahead and writing a new chapter in its glory,” the Prime Minister said. He said that whenever the city has taken a turn, the fate of the country has also changed. Many historians believe that Aurangzeb ordered the demolition of the temple to build a mosque. Modi also lauded Queen Ahilyabai Holkar for rebuilding the temple and Sikh Raja Ranjit Singh for plating gold on its domes. He said that the new campus of Kashi Vishwanath Dham is not just a grand building, but a symbol of India’s “Sanatan Culture”, its spiritual soul antiquity and traditions.
Expressing gratitude to the workers involved in the construction project, Modi said that they did not even let the Covid pandemic stop them. In a conversation, he showered a group of them with flower petals.
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