Home Minister Amit Shah will visit poll-bound state Assam today. Amit Shah will attend two religious events and address public gatherings in Nagaon and Karbi Anglong districts. As per reports, the Union Home Minister will address a public meeting at Batadrava.
Amit Shah will visit Nagaon district’s Batadrava Than, the birthplace of social reformer and saint Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva, and launch work of a state-funded Rs 188-crore project for its beautification.
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The project, worth Rs 188 crore, entails the development of Batadrava Than as a centre of art, culture, and spiritualism.
It is being said that the Home Minister will also join the puja of Pran Prathishta Mahotsav and the yagna of Maha Mrityunjay Temple at Puranigudam in Nagaon which holds a great value for the people in Assam.
Heavy security has been deployed in the Nagaon area ahead of Amit Shah's visit and mega preparations are underway to welcome the Union Home Minister.
After participating in the religious procession, Amit Shah will visit the hill district of Karbi Anglong where he will address another public meeting at Dengaon and expected to meet surrendered extremists.
Shah visited Assam on February 11 and January 23, and addressed several public rallies. On February 11, with an eye on Assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal, he met influential Koch-Rajbongshi leader ‘Maharaj’ Ananta Rai and spent about an hour at his home in western Assam’s Chirang district.
(with IANS inputs)