In a big show of strength in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra started her roadshow in Varanasi on Wednesday evening. Also Read - Reassess COVID Situation, Focus on Micro Containment Zones: PM Modi to CMs of 7 Worst-hit States
Accompanied by Congress candidate for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat against Modi, Priyanka Gandhi began by garlanding the statue of Madan Mohan Malviya at the gates of the Banaras Hindu University. Also Read - Shaheen Bagh's 82-Year-Old Bilkis Named in Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People
Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders, including Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, waved at the large crowd as the procession wound its way through Varanasi’s roads. Also Read - PM Modi to Hold High-level Meeting With CMs of 7 States/UTs Today | What to Expect
Congress workers raised anti-Modi slogans along the route.
The Congress show of strength in the temple town comes nearly three weeks after Modi held his own roadshow, a day before filing his nomination papers.
The local unit of the Congress had made elaborate arrangements to pull in the crowds for the roadshow, a party leader said.
Like Modi’s roadshow, Priyanka Gandhi’s event will also end at the Dashashwamedh ghat.
She will then offer prayers, first at the Kashi Vishwanath temple and then at the Kaal Bhairav temple in Kotwali area.
