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Modi performs 'Ganga aarti' in Varanasi

| | May 18, 2014, at 01:14 am
Varanasi, May 17 (IBNS): Amid cheering crowds, India's Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi performed the Ganga aarti (worship of the Ganges) in Varanasi's Dashashwamedh Ghat on Friday.


Huge number of people were seen thronging the way Modi's vehicle moved to reach the bank of the river.

Modi had won both from Varanasi and Vadodara seats in the Lok Sabha.

Earlier in the day, Modi  held a victory rally from the airport to party headquarters in the heart of New Delhi amid massive fanfare.

"I thank you for the warm welcome from the airport till here," Modi told BJP Karyakartas as he reached the party headquarters.
 towards party headquarters.

After the roadshow, Modi attended a meeting of the party's parliamentary board to decide on the next course of action.

Decimating the ruling Congress in a landslide victory, Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win 285 seats out of 543 that made it the first party to cross the majority mark of 272 on its own in over 30 years.

Sonia and Rahul Gandhi-led Congress party meanwhile was routed to just 44 seats, a huge 162 seats short of last time, ending Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure with a humiliating blow.

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