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PM in Prayagraj | They consider themselves above country, democracy, judiciary, public: Modi

Prime Minister Laid The Foundation Stone And Inaugurate Projects Worth Rs 1,100 Crore During His Visit To Rae Bareli Earlier In The Day.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Srishty Choudhury | Updated on: 16 Dec 2018, 06:54:12 PM
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates a Command and Control Centre for the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. (BJP/Twitter)

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Gandhi bastion, Rae Bareli, on Sunday. This will be his first visit to the Gandhi home ground after assuming charge in 2014. He will also visit Prayagraj, earlier known as Allahabad, to look into the preparations for the upcoming Kumbh Mela set to be organised in the city from January 15 to March 15 next year.

Uttar Pradesh BJP media co-in-charge Navin Srivastava said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Rae Bareli and then he will be in Allahabad,” as quoted by PTI. Prime Minister Modi will hold a public meeting and flag off the 900th coach and a Humsafar rake from the rail coach factory from Rae Bareli, an official said here. According to district officials, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate projects worth Rs 1,100 crore during the visit. On Thursday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had visited Rae Bareli to oversee preparations for the visit. He also took a tour of the Rail Coach Factory in the district.

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PM Modi will land in Rae Bareli around 9.50 am and will inspect the rail coach factory.  Around 11.30 am he will fly to Prayagraj along with Yogi Adityanath to oversee the preparations of Kumbh Mela. He will inaugurate a state-of-the-art Command and Control Centre for the Kumbh Mela. He will perform Ganga Pujan, and visit the Swachh Kumbh exhibition. He will also visit the “Akshayvat” in Prayagraj. The prime minister will inaugurate a new airport complex at the Bamrauli Airport in the presence of Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu at 4.30 pm before leaving for Delhi.

The prime minister’s visit is being seen as a strategy of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to pin the Congress leadership in their respective constituencies in the 2019 general election. Rae Bareli is represented in the Lok Sabha by former Congress chief and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

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PM Modi in Prayagraj | Here are the highlights:

04.46 pm: "The people of UP should recall the day when the topmost leader of this party insulted the mandate of people here. The nation will never forget the day when the Prayagraj HC evicted them from Parliament who tried to end democracy and imposed emergency in the country," says Modi.

4.45 pm: Prayagraj is a place which can also be called 'the temple of justice' in Uttar Pradesh. In the recent times, the game of building pressure on the judiciary has started. In such a situation, it's essential to alert the nation and young generation, says Modi.

04.40 pm:

04.22 pm: 

04.20 pm: Their actions, their conspiracies are proving it again and again that they (Congress) consider themselves above country, democracy, judiciary and public. two days ago, we saw another example of it (Rafale). Stay alert and safe from such people and parties.

04.15 pm: "I am here to give you a good news. This time, devotees will be able to visit Akshay Vat in Ardha Kumbh. It was confined in Akshay Vat Fort for generations, but this time every devotee visiting the place will be fortunate to visit Akshay Vat," says PM Narendra Modi in Andawa, Prayagraj. 

04.00 pm: 

02.40 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Governor Ram Naik, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and BJP UP Chief Mahendra Nath Pandey at Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj.

02.25 pm: Prayagraj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs Ganga Pujan at Sangam Ghat in Prayagraj.

02.03 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates a Command and Control Centre for the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.

01.47 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Prayagraj. He will attend multiple events in the city today.

12.38 pm: The Congress didn’t fulfill its promise to Karnataka farmers. They promised loan waivers, but according to a recent report not even 1000 farmers got this benefit, says PM Modi.

12.36 pmThe people of the party that raises questions on surgical strikes, trust enemy’s claims more than our Army, what can be expected of them?, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Raebareli.

12.32 pm: Some or the other foreigner was involved in every defence deal during the UPA regime. 

12.25 pm: Congress' history in defence deals is that of uncle Quattrocchi. Helicopter scam accused Christian Michel was brought to the country a few days ago. Everyone saw how Congress sent their lawyer to save him.

12.20 pm: Congress trying to protect Christian Michel, says PM Modi. “Country will neither forget nor forgive previous government’s attitude towards Army. For us, the country comes first and not the party. We are trying our best that those who sacrifice their lives for us shouldn’t face any difficulties," he said.

12.17 pm: PM Modi accuses Congress of spreading lies regarding the Rafale issue. Also quotes the Ram Charit Manas. Says the country is bigger than anyone. Congress has a poor record in defence and now they are calling the Supreme Court verdict a lie. Some people only tell lies and government is not answerable to one family.

12.15 pm: Today there are 2 sides before the country. One side is the govt that is trying to strengthen our forces. The other side that wants to weaken our forces at any cost. Country is witness that Congress is standing with forces that don't want our forces to strengthen, says PM Modi.

12.14 pm: Centre committed to development of Rae Bareli; earlier govts neglected it: PM

12.05 pm: More that 2,000 jobs were created. Houses of given to lots of poor people. 

12.04 pm: When the earlier government decided to construct this factory it was decided that 5,000 employees will be hired. But only half of these recruitments were approved. Not just that, in 2014 we noticed that no new recruitment was done in this factory.

12.04 pm: If capacity of Modern Coach Factory is increased it will give employment to youth. Think of the time when 10-12 coaches will be made here in a day. The expansion of this factory will bring employment for engineers and technicians.

12.03 pm: “Rae Bareli coach manufacturing factory would very soon become world’s biggest manufacturing factory,” said PM Modi. “The factory would produce coach of high speed trains, metro trains and aluminium coaches. The expansion of coach factory would ring in opportunities for people,” he added.

11.55 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Raebareli: This factory was sanctioned in 2007 and was built in 2010. For 4 years parts of the coach from Kapurthala were assembled and painted here. The factory that was supposed to make new coaches was never allowed to work at its full capacity.

11.53 am: “The Modern Coach Factory is witness to exploitation of nation’s resources during previous government. We changed this situation after we came to power,” said PM Modi.

11.51 am: PM Modi addresses the people of Rae Bareli.

11.48 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off the 900th coach and a Humsafar Rake of Modern Coach Factory.

11.35 am: The pace of development in Rae Bareli increased in last 4 years: Yogi Adityanath

11.25 am: PM Modi will be dedicating various development projects and address a public meeting at Raebareli shortly.

10.40 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the Modern Coach Factory. He will later flag-off the 900th coach and a Humsafar Rake of this factory.

10.20 am: PM Modi reaches Rae Bareli.

10.56 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Lucknow. He'll attend events later today in Raebareli and Prayagraj.

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First Published : 16 Dec 2018, 08:39:33 AM

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