After addressing election rallies in Bihar on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a mega Naari Shakti Samvaad event at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit College in Varanasi. It was attended by nearly 25,000 women voters, mostly from eastern Uttar Pradesh which will go to the polls on May 25 and June 1. The most significant point was that the entire event was conducted by women. Modi spoke only about the development of Kashi (Benares) and what his government did for the upliftment of women (Matri Shakti). Modi said, women as ‘Matri Shakti’ (Mother Force) have always been the mainstay of India’s cultural ethos. ‘India’, he said, ‘derives it power from Matri Shakti’. Modi told women voters how his government ensured big savings for women despite inflation.Â