Amit Shah to reach Assam on Jan 29 for 2-day tour, will unveil govt projects
North Lakhimpur (Assam) (PTI) :Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Assam on Thursday for a two-day tour, during which he will lay the foundation stone for the second complex of the state assembly in Dibrugarh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
This will be Shah's second visit to Assam within a month after he made a one-day tour to the state on December 29 last year and rolled out a series of government projects.
"The Union Home Minister will come tomorrow evening and will stay the night in Dibrugarh. On January 30, he will lay the foundation stone of the Assam Assembly's second complex. There are some more programmes there," Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of an official function at Rangamadi in Lakhimpur district on Wednesday.
Later in a post on X, he said that Shah will also lay the foundation stone of a wildlife health centre in the district.
"Assam leads in animal welfare! The Foundation stone of the Institute of Wildlife Health & Research in Chabua will be laid by Adarniya @AmitShah ji on 30 January, which will boost research and diagnostic efforts and help in framing better policy interventions for our wildlife," Sarma said.
After the Dibrugarh events, Shah will head towards Dhemaji district and join a cultural festival of the Mising community, he added.
"In the evening, he will visit the Assam BJP's headquarters in Guwahati. There, he will have a discussion on the political situation of Assam. Then he will go to West Bengal at 7 pm in the evening," Sarma said.
The Assam Assembly elections to 126 constituencies are likely to take place in March-April this year.
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Efforts of party cadres will be rewarded on May 4: DMK chief Stalin
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said that the efforts made by his party cadres during the Assembly elections would be rewarded on May 4.
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held on April 23 will be taken up on May 4.
"We are set to reap the rewards of the hard work put in by our party cadres on the coming fourth (May 4 counting day). There is absolutely no change in this and not even the slightest deviation," Stalin said at a May Day event here.
"There is no need for anyone to assume that I am speaking merely on the basis of exit polls," he added.
Stalin, who is also DMK chief, said that "good news" would come for those eagerly waiting for the election results.
Stating that the DMK governance is based on philosophy and principles, Stalin said, "This will continue."
He recalled the pivotal role of the then Chief Minister C N Annadurai, who first declared May Day as a government holiday, and subsequently, late CM M Karunanidhi, who was instrumental in extending it as a paid holiday across the nation.
"Responding to the request of Kalaingnar (Karunanidhi), the then Prime Minister V P Singh accepted the plea and declared it (May 1) a paid government holiday not merely for Tamil Nadu, but for the entire nation," Stalin said.
