Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Inauguration Live: The inauguration of the corridor comes just months ahead of the high-stakes assembly election in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to inaugurate Phase 1 of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, which was constructed at a cost of ₹339 crore.
The Prime Minister has reached the corridor and will inaugurate it shortly.
The inauguration comes just months ahead of the high-stakes assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by chief minister Yogi Adityanath is aiming to retain its rule for a second consecutive time.
According to Adityanath, the inauguration of the corridor will be an unprecedented creation of history in Varanasi.
Meanwhile, the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh has stepped up its attack on the state government by alleging that the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor was approved during its tenure.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and will inaugurate it shortly.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Varanasi and will soon inaugurate Phase-1 of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. Modi was received by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Chief ministers of 12 states and deputy chief ministers of nine states will attend the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor inauguration on Monday.
Chief ministers of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be present in Varanasi for the event.
