Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre is moving towards making the electricity bill of the households in the country zero.
Bristling at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those who were at the helm at the Centre for long since independence couldn't understand the significance of places of worship, adding that they set a trend in the practice of being 'ashamed' of their own culture.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a rousing welcome by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, and others at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBIA) in Guwahati on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Assam from February 3-4 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives worth more than Rs 11,599 crore during a public programme in Guwahati, as per the Assam government.
Addressing the cadets in Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati on Friday, Chief Minister Sarma said, "The 171 NCC cadets are the asset of the society and they should continue to display the spirit of Rashtra Dharma and Rashtra Bhakti during their journey of life."
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday indirectly hit out at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's now-deleted post on the Varna system and said that the CM of this country who speaks such a language should be "removed."
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that he would reveal the identity of the body double part involving Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Assam visit.
The Assam government is closely monitoring the Uttrakhand UCC report and will take its decision on banning polygamy in the state, in the upcoming budget session.
The Assam government is set to present its budget document for the financial year 2024-25 on February 12, the fourth under the Himanta Biswa Sarma administration.