PM Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh: As it happened

After flagging off the Mahamana Superfast Express which will run from Varanasi to New Delhi, PM Modi on Friday arrived in Lucknow where he addressed the convocation ceremony of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University. PM Modi will also address Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Mahasabha in Lucknow later today. In Varanasi, he attended the distribution of e-rickshaws to differently-abled people and interacted with some of them.

New Delhi: After flagging off the Mahamana Superfast Express which will run from Varanasi to New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Lucknow where he addressed the convocation ceremony of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University. PM Modi will also address Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Mahasabha in Lucknow later today. In Varanasi, he attended the distribution of e-rickshaws to differently-abled people and interacted with some of them.

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22 January 2016

16:11 IST

PM Modi earlier unveiled Students' Activity Centre at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.

PM @narendramodi unveils Students' Activity Centre at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University , Lucknow pic.twitter.com/8b9buvIIWA

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16:05 IST

PM Modi concludes his speech.