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May 10, 2021
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Watch: Varanasi, PM Modi's Constituency, Ravaged by COVID-19

The prime minister did not visit here even once during the pandemic, as he was busy holding rallies for the assembly elections happening in other states.
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Varanasi has so far recorded 72,477 cases of the coronavirus infection and about 700 deaths. It is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Still, the prime minister did not visit here even once during the pandemic, as he was busy holding rallies for the assembly elections happening in other states. In such a situation, the people of Varanasi are asking the prime minister many questions.

 

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