Amit Shah To Flag Off BJP's Rath Yatras In North And South Tripura Today

Amit Shah will then visit Sabroom in South Tripura district to flag off another rath yatra and address a public meeting.

A total of 100 rallies and roadshows will be held, and the yatra will conclude on January 12.

Source : PTI

Agartala: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to flag off two BJP rath yatras from North Tripura and South Tripura districts on Thursday, a party leader said.

BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee said Shah will arrive in Agartala around 11 am and head to Dharmanagar in North Tripura district to launch the yatra and address a public rally.

He will then visit Sabroom in South Tripura district to flag off another rath yatra and address a public meeting, Bhattacharjee said.

Shah will depart from Tripura on Thursday evening.

Bhattacharjee said the ‘Jana Viswas Yatra’, aimed at highlighting the state government's achievements ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, will travel 1,000 km covering all the 60 constituencies.

A total of 100 rallies and roadshows will be held, and the yatra will conclude on January 12, he said, adding, BJP president J P Nadda will join the programme on the last day.

Meanwhile, Shah's flight could not land at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala on Wednesday night due to poor visibility caused by thick fog, officials said.

The flight had to be diverted to Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, they said. 

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday released the BJP-IPFT government's report card containing a synopsis of the performance of the present dispensation, as the northeastern state gears up for the Assembly elections, due in February.

The chief minister claimed that the BJP-IPFT government has done “enormous” development and welfare works in Tripura and more are in the pipeline.

He pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that development projects in the northeast region would be based on the concept of 'HIRA (Highways, Inland Waterways, Railways and Airways) and he has kept the promise by extending full cooperation to the state.

“The state has six national highways while seven more have been sanctioned to boost connectivity. A sum of Rs 10,222 crore has been sanctioned for making the state's lifeline from Churaibari to Agartala”, Saha said at a programme here.

The northeastern state has the third and strongest Internet Gateway bringing the entire world on its hands, he said adding as many as 12 express trains are being extended to the state.

“One inter-city train connecting Guwahati with Agartala will be flagged off shortly to boost rail connectivity”, he pointed out.

“We had promised to the people that a report card will be released before the 2023 Assembly elections. Today, the government presented its performance on all fronts for the past 58 months”, the chief minister said.

The BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in Tripura in 2018 by ending 25 years rule of the CPI(M)-led Left Front.

The chief minister said, “We are all passengers of a train who are bound to follow in the footsteps of the Prime Minister. Sometimes, we feel that time is inadequate to complete the entire syllabus. We have done enormous development and welfare works and more are in the pipeline”.

Saha also highlighted the government's achievement in the spheres of agriculture, education, health, law, tribal welfare, and home and infrastructure development since 2018.

 

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