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In a crucial two-day visit to Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held meetings with BJP leaders, interacted with students and inaugurated development projects across the state. The visit comes months ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, with Modi also paying tribute to the martyrs of Assam and underlining the Centre’s focus on infrastructure, connectivity and youth engagement in the northeast.
1 , 5In his two-day visit to Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the 860 martyrs of the six-year-long Assam movement against illegal immigrants at the ‘Swahid Memorial Area’ on the second day of his visit. State Chief Minister Himanta Biswa called it an “emotional moment” for the people of Assam. (Image: X/@himantabiswa)
2 , 5Biswa said the Prime Minister is leading Assam’s renaissance from the front and he is “honored to be a small part of this development journey”. (Image: PTI)
3 , 5PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of a ₹10,601 crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Assam’s Dibrugarh district. The project, to be set up by Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited (AVFCCL), will have an annual urea capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2030. (Image: PTI)
4 , 5On Saturday, the Prime Minister visited the party headquarters in Guwahati’s Bashistha to interact with party workers and senior leaders, in a move widely seen as preparation for next year’s assembly elections. “Visit Assam BJP head office and exchange views with party colleagues. Discuss matters related to ways to deepen the bond between our party and the public and work towards fulfilling the aspirations of the public,” Modi wrote on Twitter.
5 , 5PM Modi unveiled an 80-foot statue of Assam’s first chief minister Gopinath Bordoloi outside the new terminal of Guwahati’s popular Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport on the first day of his visit. “This new terminal will boost the local economy as well as tourism. While emphasizing technological innovation, establishing a connection with nature and transportation is also highly commendable,” Modi wrote on Twitter.