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businessthreesixfive-blog · 6 years ago

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Varanasi: Modi Won A New Fort In 2014, His Hold Over It Still Seems Firm

The city of Varanasi appears to have a twin presence. The lanes of Hinduism's holiest city are witness to the tussle between old, crumbling structures and nouveau, cool ones, where yoga classes are advertised alongside tutorials on spoken English and saffron bathrobes of monks blend with saffron t-shirts of food shipment young boys. It is the city described in Kedarnath Singh's Hindi poem: "Agar dhyaan se dekho/ To yeh aadha hai/ Aur aadha nahin bhi hai/ Jo hai weh khada hai/ Bina kisi sthambh ke/ Jo nahin hai usey thaamey hai." (If you look carefully, half the city is there, half isn't. What's there stands without a pillar, held by what isn't there).

On a November night, the ghats of Varanasi are peopled by a motley lot-- single folk and couples, young and old, residents and immigrants, individuals aiming for moksha and college trainees-- a bustle of life removed from their death-haunted principles. Guy poised on podiums carry out aarti, hymns from loudspeakers helping the performance. Boats move on the darkening waters of the Ganga, illuminated periodically by the firing of flashes from phone video cameras. One questions if the eyes of the faithful imbue the spectacle with spiritual significance.A group of seniors discuss the predicament of the Ganga. "I utilized to swim every day. However in 2015, I informed her, 'Hey Maai! Ab tu hamare bas ki nahin' (Oh mom! You are beyond me now)," says Bhawani Dutt (60 ), who makes a living by performing spiritual rites. One recommends that dismantling dams on the Ganga alone will have an astonishingly cleansing effect. A 2nd believes that the city's population and the release of sewerage in the river should be checked.Pollution in the Ganga has increased in the past 4 years regardless of almost Rs 4,000 crores spent by the Centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who won the Lok Sabha seat from Varanasi, had made a clean Ganga among his key project guarantees. Inquired about this, Dutt, a Gandhi cap on his head and tufts of hair standing out from his ears, states:"We have had three PMs of effect since Self-reliance: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Vajpayee and Modi. The latter is an honest man, but just how much can he do alone?"Others discuss Modi's Swachhta(cleanliness)project, the underground electrical power wires being laid in the city and the construction of various halls.Crores were spent, however banks of the Ganga are filthy Photograph by Suresh Pandey Taking a walk with a buddy at the Assi Ghat is

20-year old Saurabh Tiwari, who runs a backpackers'hostel."Ninety per cent occupants of my

hostel are Israelis, since Modiji has established new relations with Israel, "says Tiwari, and takes out his phone to show a poster of an Israeli movie festival bearing a photo of Benares."That's how you promote tourism. Plus, the ghats are much cleaner; two machines work at night on the river, cleaning all noticeable waste, and the city is getting gas pipelines. "Silk loom workers suffer an increase in rates and traders talk of a fall in demand, however are broadly encouraging of Modi.As the night techniques, the crowd on the ghatsthins out. Boatmen and chana masala sellers count their day's earnings and dogs comb the location for leftovers. Sitting around with her spouse,

Arati Pandey, an assistant professor of museology at Banaras Hindu University(BHU )states,"As a resident, I don't believe civic amenities like traffic guideline or healthcare have improved. I can see the BJP for what it is. There is simply talk, extremely little work."Yet she acknowledges Modi's pull with the masses: "Whenever the PM comes, street suppliers are shoved out of sight. If you ask them who they'll vote for, they still say Modi. " The PM is near at hand, too. A signboard near the BHU's entryway prominently brings a solemn-looking image of Modi, with a message congratulating him for winning the Seoul Peace Reward and Champions of the Earth award." You have upped the eminence of this nation ... The nation is proud of you, "the message reads.Discontent, however, flares within. A professor of history at BHU blasts the federal government for imposition of Central Civil Solutions Conduct Rules on instructors in a supposed effort to muzzle criticism."If I can't be important, am I even a teacher?"she asks angrily."What's more saddening is how most teachers are untouched by this diktat."Furthermore, she is contemptuous about how BHU is run."Lady students were beaten with batons for protesting a case of molestation ... No one has been brought to account for the assault and they are extremely disheartened,"she adds.About 25 km from the city is Jayapur village-- adopted by Modi under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. 2 banks have actually appeared on the road leading to the village. Something akin to a bus stop looks new. In Jayapur, at a khadi-weaving unit, 75 ladies work and make anything in between Rs 1,000 and Rs 3,000 a month. Solar-powered streetlights were set up too, however the batteries of many were stolen.Jwala Prasad Singh( 80), a homeowner, states except for new roads, much remains the exact same. "When we found out about the adoption, we believed factories will come. Our children still wander about jobless,"he states. Jwala likewise wonders why a regulation for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya isn't materialising. Nevertheless, he feels that

Modi is doing a good task, and other locals of the town concur.Benares is an ancient bastion of the silk market. Most silk tradesperson lament the drop in organisation, while workers bemoan how rates of whatever-- from thread to spindle-- have gone up, other than their incomes."The GST caused trouble, however eventually it will be beneficial. If we do not pay the federal government anything, how will the country run? The Mohammedans here believe differently,"says Kishalay Banerjee(63

), a trader.However, political leaders of different colors are bitterly crucial of the PM." Modi did not pull off any task by winning. This has actually been a BJP seat since ages. Even in 1960s and 1970s, when the Jan Sangh would fail to win even a single seat in entire Purvanchal, it would still win this seat,"says Shiv Kumar Singh(65 ), a retired political leader as soon as with the Samata Celebration."You [Modi] campaigned here saying Ma Ganga has actually called you, however the Ganga Putra [Ganga's child] died on a quick," states Shiv, describing environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who passed away on a quickly, requiring

a clean-up of the river. "You can't tell Indians what to eat and use. And what contribution do you have in the Independence struggle? Those who do not have a history are now out to alter history!"he fulminates. Subodh Ram, a BSP member, states Modi has actually made nationwide politics appear like a town brawl: "He keeps doing you-did-this, you-did-that. Arrey bhai, what did you do? "In spite of discontent resembling blemishes and blisters on the surface, Modi appears to be have held his appeal intact in Varanasi, a city suspended permanently between a neo-Hindutva and ancient Hinduism, in between the grossly patent and the transient, in between what shows up

and what's not.By Salik Ahmad in Varanasi

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wionews · 7 years ago

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LIVE: PM Modi inaugurates India development plan aimed at providing electricity & housing

Rs 16,000 crore to be spent to bring a monumental change in the lives of the poor: PM Modi

We are moving towards electricity surplus: PM Modi

More than 4 crore Indians don't have power, says PM Modi

Government to provide power to 18,000 villages: PM Modi

No poor will be charged for electricity: PM Modi

This policy is aimed at empowering the poor: PM Modi

4 crore parivaron ko aaj tak bijli nahi pahunch payi hai: PM Modi at launch of Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli har Ghar Yojna-Saubhagya scheme http://pic.twitter.com/fXsbvLXZAu

— ANI (@ANI) September 25, 2017

ONGC is the first PSU to create a 'startup fund' of Rs 100 crore, says Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

PM Modi launches Pradhan Mantri(PM) Sahaj Bijli har Ghar Yojna-Saubhagya scheme(electricity and housing plan)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates ONGC's Deendayal Urja Bhawan.

Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of ONGC's Deendayal Urja Bhawan;Union Min Dharmendra Pradhan & RK Singh also present http://pic.twitter.com/PZDcvHfd3J

— ANI (@ANI) September 25, 2017

Other members of the Economic Advisory Council constituted by PM Modi include Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy, Ashima Goyal and Ratan Watal.

Economic Advisory Council will be a five-member body to be headed by economist Bibek Debroy.

PM Narendra Modi has constituted an Economic Advisory Council with Bibek Debroy as chairman.

Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Yojna with a total purview of Rs 16,320 crore has a budgetary assistance of Rs 12,320 crore.

Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Yojna: Total Purview-Rs 16,320 crore, Govt budgetary assistance-12,320 crore http://pic.twitter.com/OfP5iKqUy5

— ANI (@ANI) September 25, 2017

Prime Minister Modi is set to launch the Saubhagya Yojana and will inaugurate the Deendayal Urja Bhawan during a programme at 6:30 pm today.

The Saubhagya Yojana aims to target 20 thousand MW of power from wind power and 20 thousand MW of power from Solar power to every village.

PM Modi had inaugurated 18 key infrastructure projects worth $154 million in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi on Friday.

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