Varanasi (UP), Visiting his Varanasi constituency from where he was elected to the Lok Sabha for the third consecutive time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it appears that Mother Ganga has now adopted him.

Addressing the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan, he said that the mandate given by the people in this Lok Sabha election is truly unprecedented and has created history.

On his first visit to his parliamentary constituency after the Lok Sabha elections, Modi said, "I consider farmers, women, youth and the poor as the strong pillars of 'developed India'." For farmers and poor. In these elections he won from Varanasi by a small margin of 1,52,513 votes. The margin in 2019 was around Rs 4.8 lakh.

Speaking at the launch of the 17th installment of the Rs 20,000 crore PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KSN), Modi said, "The people of Varanasi have elected me not only as MP for the third time, but also as the Prime Minister." Have chosen."For more than 9.26 crore farmers.

After taking oath as Prime Minister, Modi signed his first file authorizing the release of this installment of the scheme. Referring to his re-election from the Uttar Pradesh constituency, he said, "Baba Vishwanath and Ma With the blessings of Ganga and the immense love of the people of Kashi, I have got the privilege of becoming the 'Pradhan Sevak' of the country." third time."

He said that the people of Kashi have blessed him by electing him as their representative for the third consecutive time and said that "Now as Mother Ganga has adopted me, I have become a resident of this place." If Mother Ganga has also accepted me as her own. If I have taken it then I have also become a part of this place)”.He said, it is very rare in democratic countries that governments are elected for the third consecutive time but the people of India did so. Modi said that more than 64 crore people voted in this election and said that there is no bigger election than this in the whole world. Not there.

"I recently went to Italy to attend the G7 meeting and even if we add up all the voters of all these G7 countries, the number of voters in India is one and a half times more than that number," he said.

The Prime Minister said, "Even if we add all the countries of Europe, the number of voters in India will be two and a half times more than that number." He said that more than 31 crore women participated in this election, which is the largest in the world. is the most.Modi said, "This number is close to the entire population of America."

He said, "This is the beauty of India's democracy, this power of India's democracy that attracts and impresses the entire world."

Thanking people for turning out in large numbers for the event, Modi said, "This election for the 18th Lok Sabha in India presents to the world the vastness of Indian democracy, the strength of Indian democracy, the comprehensiveness of India with full force." "Democracy and the depth of the roots of Indian democracy." On giving his government a third term, he said that this had happened in India 60 years ago.Modi said, since then no government in India has scored such a hat-trick.

"In a country like India where the aspirations of the youth are so high, where people have so many dreams, if people give a chance to serve a government after 10 years of work, then it is a big victory, a big trust." The Prime Minister said.

Modi said, “Your trust is my biggest asset. Your trust inspires me to work hard to take the country to new heights.” He said, “I will work hard day and night.I will do everything possible to fulfill your dreams and your aspirations."

Modi also said that agriculture will play a big role in making 21st century India the third largest economic power in the world.

Modi said, "Decisions like building more than three crore houses for poor families or expanding the PM Kisan Samman Yojana across the country will help many people. Today's program will strengthen the path to 'Developed India'." Highlighted that Rs 20,000 crore of PM-KSN installment has reached the accounts of crores of farmers across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)."Today PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi has become the world's largest DBT scheme. Till now, Rs 3.25 lakh crore has been deposited in the bank accounts of crores of farmers in the country and Rs 700 crore has been transferred to the families." I am happy that technology was used to deliver the benefits of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi to the beneficiaries in a better way.

Today, a major step has also been taken towards making three crore women "Lakhpati Didis", Modi said, adding that "the new role of our sisters as Krishi Sakhi will not only ensure a source of income for them but also respect He also credited the Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra which enabled more than one crore farmers to register themselves under PM-KSN.Modi said, the rules and regulations have been simplified to increase access to the scheme.

He said he will work hard to serve the people and take the country to new heights and will do everything possible to fulfill "your dreams and aspirations".

Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, among others, welcomed Modi at the program.In the evening, Prime Minister Modi participated in Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat here.