Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 3-day visit to Assam, Manipur
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Published: Saturday, December 26, 2020, 8:24 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 26: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday arrived in Guwahati where he would formally launch the ruling saffron party s campaign for next year s Assam assembly polls on Saturday. At the airport, the home minister was received by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP s National Vice-President Baijayant Jay Panda, who is also the Assam in-charge for the saffron party and state party President Ranjit Kumar Dass.
Union home minister Amit Shah
According to Sarma, after attending the series of government and party programmes in Assam, Shah will on Sunday visit Manipur and before leaving Imphal he would lay the foundation stone for the Churachandpur Medical College and meet the civil society leaders.
Amit Shah in Northeast: Two-day visit to Assam, Manipur starts today
Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate a slew of projects in both the states and meet with Assam party leaders in view of Assam assembly election.
| 26 Dec 2020 6:21 AM GMT
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Guwahati to begin his two-day visit to Assam and Manipur from Saturday. He is scheduled to preside over party meetings and inaugurate as well as lay the foundation stones for numerous projects in the two states. The Minister s visit which began from Guwahati comes ahead of the Assam assembly elections which will take place next year.
How does this year’s results compare with that of the previous election?
In the 2015 BTC elections, the Bodo People’s Front (BPF) won 20 seats and came to power, and the BJP got only one seat. The BPF is an
ally of the BJP in the state government. This year, the BPF won 17 seats the highest number of seats won by a party individually. But the BJP did not ally with the BPF, against which it had campaigned vociferously, and went ahead to form the ruling alliance with the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL).
In the TAC, the Congress had won 15 in 2015, while the BJP won only three and the AGP, two. This time, the BJP swept the TAC polls by winning 33 seats, while the Congress won one and the AGP, which is an ally of the BJP in the state government, won two seats.
Northeast s first ever Vajpayee Statue to be installed on December 25
The 13 feet high statue of the late Prime Minister is made of bronze and will be located at Zero Point of the East-West corridor which is at Rangpur in Silchar.
The site of installation at Zero point
| 24 Dec 2020 8:52 AM GMT
Silchar: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal would unveil a 13-feet bronze statue of former Prime Minister late Atal Bhari Vajpayee. The statue built at a cost of Rs 15 lakhs has been built at Zero Point in Silchar.
This is the first statue of Vajpayee to come up anywhere in Northeast.
Assam, Nagaland CMs extend Christmas greetings
Extending Christmas greetings Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal urged the people to follow the principles and teachings of Lord Jesus Christ
| 24 Dec 2020 1:34 PM GMT
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday extended Christmas greetings to the people of the State on the occasion of the holy festival of Christmas.
CM Sonowal said, I wish everyone, in the State and outside, a merry Christmas. May this occasion bring peace and strengthen the spirit of universal brotherhood, compassion and harmony .
He also said that Christmas is a joyous occasion to reaffirm one s commitment towards social harmony, development and prosperity, while supporting the shared interests and aspirations of all parts of society for inclusive growth. He also urged the people to follow the principles and teachings of Lord Jesus Christ to strengthen the values of friendship and camaraderie.