Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived in Guwahati after taking part in the swearing-in ceremonies for the chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya.
BJP leaders and supporters greeted PM Modi when he arrived at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBIA) in Borjhar of Guwahati, today.
The Prime Minister was welcomed with a display of folk culture of ethnic groups at the airport. Taking to Twitter, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, “Always a great honour to have Hon PM Shri @narendramodi Ji in #NorthEast. Welcomed him at Guwahati airport along with Hon Governor Shri @Gulab_kataria ji.”
“Looking forward to have a day full of learnings, blessings & joy in presence of Hon PM,” he added.
Prime Minister Modi had earlier in the day flown into Guwahati before proceeding to Meghalaya and Nagaland in order to attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the chief ministers of the newly formed governments in the states following the recently held assembly elections.
Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria received PM Modi at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport. After thereafter, PM Modi headed to Meghalaya to witness the swearing-in of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi afterwards came to Nagaland to witness Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s swearing-in ceremony.
PM Modi is also scheduled to visit Tripura tomorrow to take part in the swearing ceremony of Manik Saha as chief minister.
Meanwhile, Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national general secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda have joined the PM Modi on his trip to the Northeast. They were also part of the swearing-in ceremonies.
Yesterday, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Guwahati), Traffic had imposed traffic restrictions on vehicular movement for March 7 and 8 in light of PM Modi’s visit.