Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative's (IFFCO) new Nano fertilizer plant during his 2-day visit to Gujarat's Bhuj. He arrived at the Bhuj airport for the visit on Friday night for a two-day visit to the state. During the visit, the Union Minister will attend the inauguration of several new projects. Shah said he will also attend the foundation laying ceremony of the Border Security Force's (BSF) Mooring Place. After that, he will attend the virtual inauguration of a number of projects at Koteshwar, news agency ANI reported.
The Union Minister in a tweet said, "Will attend the foundation laying ceremony of the IFFCO Nano DAP (Liquid) Plant at Gandhidham. Also will attend the foundation laying of the BSF's Mooring Place and the virtual inauguration of various projects at Koteshwar."
He continued with his tweet and further wrote, "In the later part of the day will visit the Border Out Post (BOP) near Harami Nala before attending the 'Freedom@75', an event celebrating the Amrit Mahotsav with inmates of the Bhuj Jail."
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His visit to Kutch comes a day after the ongoing Parliament monsoon session, in which the Opposition has been blasting the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over their alleged silence on Manipur violence. PM Modi on Thursday assured that peace would be soon restored in Manipur, which has been in the grip of ethnic violence for more than three months as a result of clashes between Metieis and Kukis.