Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a daylong visit to the state in which he is scheduled to address a public rally in Nalabari on April 17th.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, the Assam Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah informed further that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also visit Assam over two days– on April 7-8 during which he is scheduled to address three rallies ahead of the seven-phased general elections.
According to reports, PM Modi is slated to visit Assam on April 17 in order to address an election rally at Bidanchal ground in Borkura, which is situated in Assam’s Nalbari district under the Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.
Preparations are in full swing so as to ensure that the rally turns out to be successful, reaching out to as many voters as possible.
The voter turnout in this high-profile event is expected to exceed two lakh attendees.
This rally will be PM Modi’s first election address in Assam since the Election Commission of India announced the election schedule for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
It is to be noted that BJP leaders and workers in Assam are charged up for the Prime Minister’s visit and are pulling up their socks for this mega event.
Polling for the 14 seats in Assam will be held in three phases–on April 19, April 26 and May 7.
The elections to 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting April 19. Nearly 96.8 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the upcoming polls at over 12 lakh polling stations across the country. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won nine seats in the state, while the Congress won 3 and the All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) won one.
The remaining seat went to an Independent candidate. The BJP hogged the majority vote share at 36.4 per cent, while the Congress received 35.8 per cent of the total votes polled.
