Highlights Addressing a rally in the poll-bound Assam, Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the northeast region of India was neglected by the previous governments before the BJP-led government came to power at centre. Rajnath Singh urged the people of Assam to vote for BJP to pace of development in the state. Gohpur: Addressing a rally in the poll-bound Assam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday (March 14) said that the northeast region of India was neglected by the previous governments before the BJP-led government came to power at centre. "Northeast was neglected by the Centre before BJP came to power... Nobody would talk nicely to ministers from here in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured that a central leader visits northeast each month to interact with people so they don't feel ignored, " he said in Gohpur rally.