He was met at the airport by Assam’s chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal.
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- Amit Shah’s two-day visit to the northeast region started with much fanfare
- He was met at the airport by Assam’s chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal.
- Assam will go to the polls in a few months from now
Guwahati:
A week after his high-decibel visit to West Bengal, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah arrived in neighboring Assam today, which will also go to the polls in a few months from now. His two-day visit to the northeast region began with much fanfare when he landed around midnight (December 25-26) at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati, on the outskirts of which dozens of folk artists and hundreds of fans had created a festival. -as atmosphere on your account.
Got to Guwahati!
I warmly thank the people of Assam for such a warm welcome. pic.twitter.com/7E7oQMdE2k
– Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 25, 2020
He was met at the airport by Assam’s chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal.
Mr. Shah’s programs in Guwahati include the distribution of financial grants to 8,000 Namghars (traditional Vaishnavite monasteries in Assam) under the Assam Darshan program. It will also lay the cornerstones for the development of “Batadrava Than” as a cultural and tourist destination, a new medical school in the state capital and nine law schools to be established in Assam, according to ANI.
This is in addition to the public rallies he is expected to lead and preparatory meetings with party colleagues and workers to mark the BJP’s election campaign for the 2021 state assembly elections. Sources informed NDTV that he is expected to at least Two leaders of the state Congress join his party in his presence today, a small repetition of what happened during Shah’s visit to West Bengal on December 19-20.
In the second stage of his visit to the northeast, on December 27, the Union Interior Minister will lay the foundation stones of the Churachandpur Medical College in Imphal, according to ANI. This in addition to pointing out the projects to build the state government guesthouse and police headquarters in Imphal, Manipur Bhawan in New Delhi, the Indian Institute of Technology in Muongkhong, and the city’s Integrated Command and Control Center in Imphal the agency reported.
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