PM Modi likely to be in Kashi in Aug,Sarnath may be venue this time
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Varanasi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintaining a tradition of visiting his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi after every three months, preparations are underway for his next visit due in the month of August itself.
If the visit is finalised, the local party unit is likely to propose making Sarnath as the venue of his public meeting keeping in mind the PM mentioning Buddha's teachings of peace during all his recent diplomatic meetings.
Following his April visit, preparations had begun for his next visit. Bharatiya Janata Party Kashi regional unit President Dilip Singh Patel had said last week that Jul 20 was tentative date of his arrival, but in view of the Shrawan crowd of devotees and pilgrims and the weather conditions, the visit was postponed and is now likely in Aug after the Shrawan month ends.
Following intimation of PM's likely visit, a large number of officials could be found taking stock of a site near the Sarangnath temple for his public meeting. Patel said since the PM's public meeting had already taken place in almost all parts of Varanasi parliamentary constituency, this time focus was on selecting a site at Sarnath. A suitable area will be selected at Sarnath with coordination of the party and district administration when the date of PM's next visit is finalised, he added.
On Tuesday, police and district administration officials visited Sarnath to take a stock of things.
Party sources said, the idea behind selecting a site at Sarnath, where Lord Buddha preached his first sermons after enlightenment, was to give a broader message to the world after teaching a lesson to Pakistan through Operation Sindoor and at a time Russia and Ukraine were in conflict. During his Austria visit in Jul 2024, Modi had said, "India has given Buddha to the world, not 'yuddh'."
In his address at the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention in Jan, he stated that the future was in Buddha, not yuddha.
During his Independence Day address in 2024, he said, "We are the country of Buddha, 'yuddh' is not our path."
Officials said that the process of listing ready projects for inauguration by the PM and laying the foundation of new ones had also started.
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