Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to arrive in Assam on Saturday for a two-day visit, during which he will launch multiple projects, engage with BJP workers, and speak at public meetings. 

The Prime Minister will reveal an 80-foot statue of Assam’s first chief minister, Gopinath Bardoloi, crafted by renowned artist Ram Sutar, situated outside the new terminal of the airport named in his honor. 

Sutar, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 101, also created a 125-foot statue of the legendary Ahom general Lachit Barphukan, known for defeating the Mughals, which the PM unveiled in March 2024 in Jorhat. 

Following the statue's unveiling, he will inaugurate the new terminal of the Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport, a project worth Rs 4,000 crores, where he is expected to stay for approximately 15 minutes, as noted by officials. 

Modi will deliver a speech at a public meeting just outside the terminal building on Saturday. 

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After the meeting, he will head towards the BJP state headquarters in the Bashista area for a road show, where he will engage with party workers. 

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that this marks the first occasion a Prime Minister will visit a BJP office in the state, calling it a "historic event" for the party. 

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The interaction with BJP workers is particularly important, with assembly elections approaching early next year, according to a party official. 

The Prime Minister will spend the night at the state guest house located in Koinadhora within Khanapara. 

On the second day of his visit, Modi will interact with 25 high-achieving students from various schools as he participates in the ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ programme for about half an hour while sailing on the Brahmaputra river aboard the cruise ship ‘Charaideo’.

 

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The Prime Minister will attend the newly built ‘Swahid Smarak Kshetra’ to honor the memory of 860 individuals who lost their lives during the Assam movement, a violent anti-foreigner agitation that lasted six years and began in 1979, and pay his respects. He will also visit the martyrs’ gallery, where busts of the 860 individuals who perished in the movement are displayed, and will adorn the statue of the first martyr, Khargeswar Talukdar, with a garland.