A day ahead of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, All Assam Moran Students Union (AAMSU) has called a 48-hour bandh of the two districts starting on Thursday, demanding ST status to the community ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections.
A lesser known militant outfit, Moran Tiger Force (MTF) has also opposed the visit of the Prime Minister in protest against non declaration of the ST status to the community. The outfit has circulated a message to people in this regard and said that the BJP government at the centre will have to face stiff opposition in the run up to the assembly elections due in next couple of months.
This is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to the poll-bound state in a fortnight. In his earlier visit on January 19, he had addressed two rallied in Guwahati and in Kokrajhar and assured ST status to the Karbi of plains and Bodos living in the hill areas of Assam.
On Friday, the Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate the Assam gas cracker project at lepetkata in Dibrugarh district and address a public rally at Moran in the district. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to attend the 85th convention of Srimanta Sankar Sangha, which is an influential religious body, in Sivasagar district. later in the day, he will inaugurate the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati.