GUWAHATI: Minister of the Interior of the Union Amit shah on Sunday he offered prayers at the Shaktipeeth Kamakhya temple high in the Nilachal hills here, on the last day of his three-day visit to the northeast, before leaving for Manipur, where he is scheduled to inaugurate the projects, a senior official said. .
Shah came to the temple from the PWD inspection bungalow in Amingaon here around 10 am, accompanied by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmasaid the official.
The Minister of the Interior, however, entered the sanctum sanctorum of the temple with only three ‘Dolois’ or priests, while Sonowal and Sarma waited near the door.
He also conducted a ‘parikrama’ (bypass) around the shrine, the senior official added.
The top BJP leader, who landed here on Friday night, launched four development projects the next day at an official function. Found himself expelled Congress MLAs Ajanta Neog and Rajdeep goala, after which the two confirmed that they would join the saffron party.
The Union minister held an evening meeting with members of the state BJP central committee to discuss the voting strategy for the next Assam assembly elections.
Shah is ready to lay the foundation stones for seven major projects in Manipur, including a medical college in Churachandpur, later that day. It will also inaugurate the Thoubal Dam and dedicate the Bishnupur-Tupul-Thoubal-Kasom Khullen highway to the public.
On video: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at the Kamakhya temple in Assam
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