Varanasi: To celebrate completion of 12 years of Modi govt at Centre, BJP organised various programmes in Varanasi on Wednesday, including a cleanliness drive, tree plantation, intellectual public outreach and ‘Pragati Path Yatra’. BJP state president and Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary participated in the programmes. A cleanliness drive was conducted at the Mandvi Talab located in Maduadih, where the MoS swept the area and planted a sapling under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign. An extensive cleanliness drive was conducted on the pond premises and message of environmental protection was spread. Chaudhary said environmental protection is our responsibility towards the coming generations and added that led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleanliness and environmental protection have taken form of mass movement and every citizen should take part in it. Under the special outreach campaign, Chaudhary met dignitaries, doctors and distinguished members of society at Mahmoorganj in Cantt Assembly constituency. He honored Padma Shri Chandrashekhar Singh and presented him a booklet on achievements of 12 years of Modi govt. He visited residences of Dr S K Yadav, Kumar Agarwal, Dr P K Jindal, Dr Indu Singh, Dr Shivkumar Singh, Dr Vibha Mishra, Dr N P Singh, Dr Ashish Dutta and Dr Avinash Singh and interacted with them, discussing the resolve of a developed India and schemes and achievements of Central govt. For successful conduct of public outreach campaign, Rahul Singh was made programme coordinator. The programme was attended by the party’s regional president Dilip Patel, city president Pradeep Agrahari, district president Ramsakal Patel, mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari, state minister Hansraj Vishwakarma, MLA Neelkanth Tiwari, MLA Saurabh Srivastava, Legislative Council Member Dharmendra Rai and district panchayat president Poonam Maurya.During the Pragati Path Yatra program held at Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium in Sigra, he said that through the ‘Khelo India’ campaign, work has been done to nurture the sports talents hidden in remote villages and to provide them a national-international platform. He said that Prime Minister Modi, giving a big gift to the youth of his parliamentary constituency Kashi, has got the Sampurnanand Sports Stadium modernized. Now, facilities for more than 21 indoor sports including badminton, table tennis, boxing, and wrestling are available in a single complex here. Along with this, training and financial assistance are also being provided to young players, due to which the players of Kashi and Purvanchal are getting a new identity. Before the programme, Chaudhary met the sports officer and inspected the stadium and appreciated the indoor-outdoor sports facilities, sports library, cafe, and other modern arrangements.
