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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  UP election 2017: PM Modi visits Garhwa Ghat Ashram, Shastri’s ancestral house
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UP election 2017: PM Modi visits Garhwa Ghat Ashram, Shastri’s ancestral house

Narendra Modi's visit is seen as an attempt to reach out to the Yadav community, as the head guru at the Garhwa Ghat Ashram has traditionally come from the Yadav caste

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s ancestral house in Ramnagar on Monday. Photo: PTIPremium
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s ancestral house in Ramnagar on Monday. Photo: PTI

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited Garhwa Ghat Ashram in Varanasi, which has considerable following among the backward castes, and paid tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at his ancestral home.

Modi, who has been campaigning for the UP election for three days in the district which elected him to Lok Sabha, offered prayers and also fed the cows at the ashram’s shelter. The visit came on the last day of campaigning in Uttar Pradesh.

The head guru at the Garhwa Ghat Ashram has traditionally come from the Yadav caste and has followers spread across the poll-round region. Modi’s visit is seen as an attempt to reach out to the Yadav community, which has traditionally aligned with the Samajwadi Party.

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The head guru offered his blessings and heaped praise on Modi. Though people expected Modi to make a brief speech but it did not happen and a senior party functionally said it was never planned. Modi has held a roadshow here and attended a number of public events in the city along with several rallies in the region as part of BJP’s last push for a good show, particularly in the holy city, in the final phase when polling will be held in 40 seats on 8 March.

People close to the BJP believe that Modi’s visit and his public felicitation by the ashram will send out “good signals" to voters, especially the OBCs and the Dalits. The prime minister later drove to Shastri’s ancestral home to pay tributes to him.

Modi has often accused the Congress of not giving due respect to leaders who were not from the Nehru-Gandhi family. Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency has five assembly seats three of which are presently held by the saffron party. BJP is engaged in a keen fight with SP-Congress candidates in all the seats with the BSP also putting up a strong contest in a couple of them.

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Published: 06 Mar 2017, 03:56 PM IST
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