PM Narendra Modi with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma. (File Photo | ANI)
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PM Modi to reach Assam on Saturday to unveil trains, Kaziranga elevated corridor during two-day trip

Soon after his arrival on the evening of January 17, the PM is set to witness the Bodo folk dance 'Bagurumba' by 10,000 performers at the Arjun Bhogeswar Barua Sports stadium in the city, he sai

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GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive here on Saturday for a two-day visit to Assam, second in less than a month, an official said.

Soon after his arrival here on the evening of January 17, the PM is set to witness the Bodo folk dance 'Bagurumba' by 10,000 performers at the Arjun Bhogeswar Barua Sports stadium in the city, he said.

Modi will leave for Kaliabor the next day to lay the foundation stone for the Rs 6,957 crore Kaziranga elevated corridor, the official said on Friday.

The prime minister is expected to flag off virtually two Amrit Bharat Express trains, Dibrugarh-Gomti Nagar (Lucknow) and Kamakhya-Rohtak, and address a public meeting at Kaliabor, he said.

Modi had come to Assam on a two-day visit from December 20 to inaugurate the new terminal of Guwahati international airport and unveil the statue of Assam’s first Chief Minister Gopinath Bardaloi after whom the airport is named.

The PM had also laid the foundation stone for a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh.

During his last visit, Modi addressed public meetings in Guwahati and Namrup, where he had set the tone for the 2026 Assam assembly elections.

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