Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi was measure to show the BJP's strength as Uttar Pradesh entered the last lap of Assembly election.
Modi's cavalcade passed several localities of Varanasi on the seven-kilometre stretch from the BHU to Kashi Vishwanath temple.
When his convoy passed through Madanpura area of Varanasi, a group of Muslims greeted PM Modi with bouquet of flowers.
When Modi saw them holding flowers for him, he got his specially designed SUV stopped and accepted the flowers extending his hands to them.At another place, another group of Muslims threw a shawl towards his fleet, which Modi caught in air and put it on his head as mark of respect to the greeters.
Earlier, Modi was criticised for refusing to wear a skull cap in 2011 during his sadbhavna (goodwill) fast at Ahmedabad when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Later in 2014, Modi had invoked Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru in his defence.
In a television interview Modi had said, “If by wearing a cap one becomes a symbol of unity then nobody has ever seen Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Pandit Nehru wearing this kind of a cap.”
Modi also said, “My job is to respect all communities, respect the values of all communities but I have to accept my own values. I live with my values. Hence, I don't bluff people by wearing a cap, or getting clicked.”
After his massive roadshow, PM Modi visited Kashi Vishwanath and Kaal Bhairav temples in Varanasi and offered prayers and performed aarti.
