Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopts village under Sansad Adarsh gram Yojana scheme for MPs Friday Nov 07,2014

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi charmed the residents of Jayapur, a village he has adopted under the Sansad Adarsh gram Yojana scheme for MPs. . 

“It's a privilege to be associated with Jayapur village. I am not adopting Jayapur( 35 km from Varanasi) but I request you to adopt your MP,” said Modi who flew to Jayapur after stopping in Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, where he urged residents to think of him as their "sevak". 

Narendra Modi is on a visit to Varanasi which is also the first visit of the Prime Minister to his parliamentary constituency since it voted him in the 2014 May General Election.

“We have introduced Sansad Adarsh gram Yojana scheme for MPs, even I had to take responsibility as part of this. Jayapur took special place in my heart long time ago. An MP does not adopt a village. A village adopts an MP,” the Prime Minister further added.

The Prime Minister also explained why he chose Jayapur, a village about 25 kilometers from the ancient temple town of Varanasi.

“I selected this village for a very small reason. I want to share it with you . Jayapur was the first village that I had heard of in Varanasi, that too when tragedy struck the village. Therefore have adopted it,”

Jayapur is one of the most backward villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district. Of the more than 1,000 families, only 100 houses have their own toilets. 

Jayapur has two public toilets - one at the primary school and the other in the Panchayat Bhavan. And only a dismal five per cent of children from the village attend schools