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| PM Modi's Dalit Outreach As |
| PM Modi's Dalit Outreach As He Visits Lucknow, Varanasi
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| INDIA
, 22-January-2016
5:6:5 AM |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow today for the first time since he took power in 2014, in a visit that is politically significant for the ruling BJP ahead of polls in the state next year.
This is the first time in 11 years that a prime minister is visiting Lucknow, which was the constituency of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The PM is going for events associated with BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution and a Dalit icon, signaling his party's focus on Dalits, who comprise a vital 21-22 per cent of voters.
It is anticipated that he may break his silence on the suicide of a Dalit student in Hyderabad, over which two of his ministers are confronting anger.
On his first visit to Lucknow in 20 months, PM Modi will pay homage at the Ambedkar Mahasabha office, which has an urn of the iconic leader's ashes. He is also the chief guest at the convocation of the central Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, where students dressed in "Lucknawi" kurta-pyjamas and specially designed jackets will receive certificates from him.
One of the highlights of the visit is a "Mann ki Baat (from the heart)" session in which the prime minister will sit on a charpoy and chat with 18 rickshaw pullers who will sit around him in moodas or traditional stools.
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