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Amit Shah in poll-bound Assam, thanks people for 'warm welcome'

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Dec 26, 2020, at 05:24 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: After West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is now in another poll-bound state, Assam, as he is set to participate in a host of events.

Shah arrived in Guwahati on Friday night.

He was received by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the Guwahati Airport.

The Home Minister tweeted, "Reached Guwahati! I wholeheartedly thank the people of Assam for such warm welcome."

Reached Guwahati!

I wholeheartedly thank people of Assam for such warm welcome. pic.twitter.com/7E7oQMdE2k
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 25, 2020

Shah was welcomed by a performance by folk artists and locals.

গুৱাহাটী আহি পালোঁ। অসমৰ জনগণৰ অভূতপূৰ্ব আদৰণিয়ে মোক অভিভূত কৰিছে। এই উষ্ম আদৰণিৰ বাবে সকলোকে আন্তৰিক ধন্যবাদ জনালোঁ। pic.twitter.com/vYERhQLcA3
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 25, 2020

The former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president will lay the foundation stone of various development projects at Amingaon Parade Ground, Guwahati at 1 pm.

The BJP, which wrested power in the state in 2016, is looking to replicate its performance in the next year assembly polls.

#AmitShah #Assam #BJP #Guwahati

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