Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Fri༺day said India is moving rapidly on the path of development by adopting the messages of Sant Ravidas.
Modi was speaking at a function here to commemorat✨e the 647th birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas. Varanasi is Modi's parliamentary constituency.
"On the piou🍨s occasion of the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas, I welcome you all t𓂃o his birthplace. You have come from far-off places on this occasion, especially my brothers and sisters from Punjab... Varanasi seems to have become a mini-Punjab," he said.
In his address, the prime minister also hit out at the opposition 'INDIA' bloc, claiming that its members were exploiting people in the name of casteism."They care for the well-being of their families, cannot think about the welfare of Dalits and tribaꦅls," Modi added.
Earlier, the prime minister inaugurated a newly installed sta🐷tue of Sant Ravidas i🌱n Varanasi.
