According to Congress leaders, the city was strategically selected for the road show to bring forth the ground reality. During her road show ‘Dard-e-Banaras’ on Tuesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will expose the plight of the city, the pathetic condition of the Ganga and lack of development in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, to take on Modi on his ‘home turf’. Read: Sonia Gandhi reaches Modi’s constituency Varanasi, to hold rally She will also raise the issue of Ganga cleaning that is yet to become a reality and focus on weavers’ plight as well. Dumps of plastic and waste are seen in lanes,” Rai said, adding that the BJP made false claim of massive development in Kashi in the past two years.

Source: Hindustan Times August 02, 2016 06:45 UTC