Assam: Amit Shah arrives at Kumar Bhaskar Brahmanshetra at Amingaon

GUWAHATI: The Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday arrived at Amingaon’s Kumar Bhaskar Brahmanshetra to attend the programme organised by Assam government today.

Shah’s programmes in Guwahati today includes distribution of financial grants to 8,000 traditional Vaisnavite monasteries of the state under the Assam Darshan programme.

He will also lay foundation stones for the development of Batadrava Than as a cultural and tourist destination, new medical college in Guwahati and nine law colleges to be established across Assam.

Shah is scheduled to hold a meeting with party leaders and review the election preparation ahead of the assembly polls scheduled to be held next year in Assam. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) vice president and Assam in-charge Baijayant Panda has said many opposition leaders from Assam are in touch with the party.

Shah arrived in Guwahati today at around 12:29 am. Folk artists and locals gathered outside Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and welcomed Shah in the city.

At the Guwahati airport, the Home Minister was received by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal