Assam

Stage set to celebrate Bodo Accord

Pratidin Bureau

Kokrajhar is all set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to participate in the celebrations of the signing of the Bodo agreement. The authorities have informed that the preparations for tomorrow's programme are in the final stage.

Assam Public Health Engineering Department MinisterRihon Daimari took stock of the preparations of drinking water and sanitationservices at the venue of PM Modi's event at Kokrajhar on Thursday.

On the other hand, Additional DGP (Law & Order) GPSingh said, "We are expecting three to four lakh people to participate in theevent and we have arranged multi-layered security arrangement."

Earlier on Wednesday Assam Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal reviewed preparations.

It may be mentioned here that the visit of PM Modicomes days after the state government signed a tripartite agreement with representativesof all factions of the banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) andthe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in New Delhi on January 27.

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