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Chennai:Ahead of next years Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up to take at least 1,500 people from Tamil Nadu to Uttar Pradeshs Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modis constituency, also referred to as Kashi by many for the second edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam or KTS 2.0...
KTS 2.0, which aims to revive the bonds between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu, two important centres of learning and culture in ancient India, via people-to-people connect, will have the PM in attendance on its launch day in Varanasi Sunday...
The cultural exchange programme aims to build the Modi factor in Tamil Nadu, BJP leaders in the state told ThePrint...
After the first Kashi Tamil Sangamam in 2022 and Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam in April this year, KTS 2.0 is the third cultural exchange programme to be held under Modi governments Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat initiative...
An initiative under the National Education Policy 2020, KTS 2.0 has the ministry of education as the nodal ministry for the programme, with participation from the Archaeological Survey of India, the ministries of culture, railways, including Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, tourism, textiles, food processing, micro, small & medium enterprises, information & broadcasting and the government of Uttar Pradesh...
