SIXTH VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER MODI TO HIS LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY

THE PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI AT CONVOCATION CEREMONY BHU VARANASI-- PHOTO BY SAURAV SAHITYA

VARANASI:The student inside us should never die, Prime Minister said speaking at the 100th convocation of Banaras Hindu University. "This is 'dikshant' not 'shikshant' (end of studies) ceremony," he said.

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·         Mere liye yahan(BHU) aana hi ek bohot saubhagya ki baat hai

·         Mujhe university se chhitthi aayi thi doctorate ki lekin maine vinamrata poorvak naa kaha

·         Exploitation of nature is a crime. Milking of the nature, yahi hamein adhikaar hai'

·         'Jigyasa'(knowing) is very important. If there is no 'Jigyasa'(knowing), then there is stagnation

·         The student in us must remain alive always- PM Modi at BHU convocation ceremony in Varanasi

·         Ye dikshant samaroh hai, ham ye kabhi bhi man mein na layen ki ye shikshant samaroh hai(it is a convocation ceremony; we should not reckon; it is the end of study)

·         Hume agar zindagi mein safalta paani hai toh uski pehli shart hoti hai ki hamare bheetar ka vidyarthi kabhi murjhana nahi chahiye (if we toil for the success in life, the fist condition is that be;  the inner student must not die)

·         I have been to convocations at various universities but attending a centenary convocation is a different feeling.

THE PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI AT CONVOCATION CEREMONY BHU VARANASI-- PHOTO BY Shivam Sharma

·         The seed sown by Mahamana has turned into a tree hundred years later. Mahamana was a visionary.

·         Britishers were also building universities in those days but those were limited to Kolkata and Mumbai.

·         What Mahamana did, similar was done only 15-16 years later by Mahatma Gandhi in form of Gujarat Vidyapeeth.

·         I congratulate those who were conferred their degrees today. I also convey my good wishes to their parents.

·         The demand today is that not just India but the world should see our institutions. We want BHU to be like Nalanda, Taxila.

This is the sixth visit of Prime Minister Modi to his Lok Sabha constituency since May 2014. The tour comes just ahead of the Budget session, scheduled to commence on February 23. The session is expected to be stormy in view of the politically surcharged atmosphere prevailing in the country.