Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 18) reached Varanasi, his first visit after his re-election to the office in the Lok Sabha Elections, and addressed the people. He released the 17th installment of the PM-KISAN scheme for more than 9.26 crore farmers.

“Maa Ganga has adopted me, I have become one from here. I will work very hard like this day and night to fulfill your dreams and aspirations,” he was quoted as saying by India TV. It was his first address in Varanasi after his re-election.

Modi won from Varanasi with a reduced margin of 1,52,513 votes in these polls. In 2019, the margin was about 4.8 lakh.

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

Referring to his reelection from the constituency, he said, “With the blessings of Baba Vishwanath and Maa Ganga, and the immense love of the people of Kashi, I have got the privilege of becoming the country’s ‘pradhan sevak’ for the third time.”

It is very rare in democratic countries for governments to be elected for a third consecutive term but the people of India did this, he added.

More than 64 crore people voted in this election, Modi said and added that there is no bigger election than this in the whole world. “I recently went to Italy to attend the G7 meeting and even if we add all the voters of all these G7 nations, the number of voters in India is one and a half times more than that number,” the PM said.

“Even if we add all the countries of Europe, the number of voters in India will be two and a half time more than that number,” he further said.