Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Bodo-dominated Kokrajhar town of Assam on February 7 in his first visit to the Northeast since it witnessed several anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.
According to government officials, the prime minister will visit Assam on February 7 to address the rally in the state where three people have been killed during anti-CAA protests.
The visit comes a week after the central government signed a peace pact with several Bodo militant groups and a student body.
The signing of the Bodo agreement led to surrender of over 1,500 militants of the major insurgent group National Democratic Front of Boroland.
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A summit meeting between Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, scheduled to be held in Guwahati in December, was also cancelled due to the anti-CAA protests.
Modi was also invited for the inauguration of the recently-concluded 'Khelo India' games in Guwahati but he did not attend it.
(With PTI Inputs)
