Prime Minister’s visit to Assam last month was cancelled. This is his first visit after protests against the CAA rocked the state.
Guwahati| Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam for the first time on Friday following the Bodo agreement. They will take part in the celebration of the agreement in the Bodo Abundance Cochazar. After this, we will also address the General Assembly. There were widespread protests against citizenship amendment law (CAA) in the northeast, especially Assam. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s visit to Assam last month was cancelled. This is his first visit even after protests against the CAA.
Modi wrote in a tweet on Thursday referring to the Bodo agreement – “Now a new path of peace and development has opened in Assam.”
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Thank you Kokrajhar! I am eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s programme. https://t.co/8oxrP0v969
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 6, 2020
Lovely and lively!
Gratitude to my sisters and brothers of Kokrajhar. https://t.co/LqosTe51ti
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 6, 2020
In the past, there was a tripartite agreement in Delhi between the Assam’s government, the Union Home Ministry and the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). Under it, 150 militants surrendered, demanding separate Bodoland for almost 50 years. During this period more than 4,000 people were killed in the conflict.
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