Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outreach in the northeast in recent years, discrimination against students from the northeast has decreased.
While addressing a press conference, CM Sarma said that such prejudice against students has “gone down to a considerable amount.”
“If you look at the recent 2-3 years, racial discrimination against northeast kids has suddenly gone down to a significant amount due of PM Modi’s massive outreach to the northeast,” he said.
The chief minister later took to Twitter and lauded PM Modi’s “visionary leadership”, and said that he has “repositioned India as a strong global power”.
“A new wave of growth & development has swept across NE in the past 8 years under Adarniya @narendramodi ji’s guidance. On behalf of the people of Assam, I express my heartfelt gratitude to Hon’ble PM for unlocking NE’s potential, making it new engine of India’s growth,” he tweeted.
Following completion of 8 glorious years in the service of nation by the Govt led by Adarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji, addressed the media at @BJP4Assam headquarters, Hengrabari.
With his visionary leadership, Adarniya PM has repositioned India as a strong global power. pic.twitter.com/bLts1mzOqH
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) June 1, 2022