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Modi visiting in Kokrajhar Tuesday

Only few hours has left to accord witness of PM Modi’s step in Bodoland. Kokrajhar is throbbing with the preparations to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is arriving in the BTAD’s administrative hub on Tuesday by 10.40AM in the morning.

The entire city and its outskirts are getting a fresh look because of the high profile visit of the country’s Prime Minister Modi in a special chopper.

 A mammoth security arrangement is in place to ensure smooth visit of the Prime Minister, who is expected to stay in Kokrajhar at least for one and half an hour ahead three months of Assam assembly election. Modi’s visit in Kokrajhar will boost strong alliance with BPF and expected that next election would witness a grand successful of BJP govt at Dispur. Lower Assam Commissioner of Assam state, Mehtabuddin Ahmed and BTAD(IGP) LR Bishnoi have reviewed the preparations of the programme slated.

Bishnoi said, ‘Security arrangement and prepartaions like construction of pandal,helipad have so far completed for the programme.Security personell including army, police and paramilitary forces have been guarding Bodofa Nwgwr near the BTC secretariat in Kokrajhar where Modi will hold a huge rally with BPF leaders. Expected that Modi will announce more thousand crores of package to the council region to gain more development and spirits’.

BTC deputy chief Kampa Borgoyary,who is also spokes person of BPF party told, ‘BTC is ready  to accord warm welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bodoland as all kinds of prepartaion have so far completed. We expected more that one lakhs peoples are participating the rally that Modi’s visit will boost more gain of party in the region.We have come into alliance already with BJP. We expect that Modi’s visiting in Kokrajhar will gain more spirits of development. Modi’s presence is completely different in reference to other prime ministers. Government of India has agreed to give thousand crores package as special package for next three years to the Bodoland. BJP party is going next govt at Dispur as party has been gaining its strength and popularity’.

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