Modi to Address Assam Rally on 7 Feb; His 1st Visit Since CAA Stir
This will be PM’s first visit to the NE since it witnessed several anti-CAA protests in which 3 people were killed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kokrajhar in Assam on Friday, 7 February, to participate in an event to celebrate the signing of the Bodo agreement.
"Tomorrow, I look forward to being in Assam. I will be in Kokrajhar to address a public meeting. We will mark the successful signing of the Bodo Accord, which brings to an end a problem that had been persisting for decades. It marks the start of a new era of peace and progress," he said in a tweet.
The Bodo accord was signed on 27 January by the government with four factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), All Bodo Students' Union and a civil society group for bringing a lasting peace in Bodo-dominated areas in Assam.
‘Bodo Accord Will Usher In a New Dawn of Peace, Harmony’
A cultural programme of ethnic groups of Assam is being organised to showcase the diversity of the state, the statement said.
Over 1,615 cadres of different factions of the NDFB surrendered their arms and joined the mainstream within two days of the signing of the agreement.
In his latest 'Mann ki Baat' radio address, the prime minister had appealed to all those on the path of violence to return to the mainstream and lay down their arms.
A summit meeting between Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, scheduled to be held in Guwahati in December, was cancelled due to the anti-CAA protests.
Modi was also invited for the inauguration of the recently-concluded 'Khelo India' games in Guwahati but he did not attend it.
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