Viksit Bharat Yatra my test too: PM in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday participated in the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra in Varanasi and said the outreach initiative is his own "examination" and a feedback mechanism to "learn directly from people" if welfare schemes meant for them is reaching them.

Modi, who started his two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency on Sunday, also launched the second edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam at the Namo Ghat and said it strengthens the sentiment of "Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat". He also flagged off the Kashi Tamil Sangamam Express train between Varanasi and Kanyakumari.

"The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) is in a way my "kasauti' (test) also," Modi said while addressing the event at a school in Nadesar area. "It is my examination... whether whatever I had said and whatever I am doing, I want to hear from you and from the entire country if it has happened in the right proportion." Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accompanied the Prime Minister during the event.

Modi further said that the beneficiaries of welfare schemes need not be running around government offices, rather "the government must reach out to the beneficiaries".