The Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 recipient, publisher Gita Press, hosted a concluding ceremony on Friday that was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister started his two-day trip to four states today. From Raipur in Chhattisgarh, he took a flight to Gorakhpur Airport, where he was met by Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister addressed a Vijay Sankalp Rally in Raipur. Speaking in the poll-bound state he sharpened his attack against the Congress party and said that those who are stained in corruption are trying to stitch an Opposition Unity.

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“Those stained are trying to come together today. Those who used to curse each other, they have now started finding excuses to come together,” PM Modi said.

He added there is corruption at the core of the Congress party. “Without corruption, Congress cannot even breathe. Corruption is the biggest ideology of Congress.”

Following the Gita Press event, the PM will flag off two Vande Bharat trains connecting Gorakhpur – Lucknow and Jodhpur – Ahmedabad (Sabarmati) and lay the foundation stone of the Gorakhpur Railway Station redevelopment.

According to an official release, PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,100 crore in his home constituency, Varanasi, and will inaugurate the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Junction- Son Nagar railway line of Dedicated Freight Corridor.

The PM will also dedicate a four-lane widening of the Varanasi-Jaunpur section of NH-56 making travel from Varanasi to Lucknow easier and faster and lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats and distribute loans of PMSVANidhi, keys of PMAY Rural houses and Ayushman cards to the beneficiaries in UP, the release added.

PM Modi’s hectic tour of four states including Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Rajasthan will conclude on Saturday.