Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on March 13 and 14, where he will inaugurate several development projects and distribute land rights certificates to the tea garden community, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The Assam Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has invited senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit the state's tea garden lines, walk on the paved roads, and personally inspect the garden schools, Anganwadi centres, well-equipped hospitals, and other facilities to experience the deve
The CM further stated that the first instalment under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyamita Scheme has been disbursed, and that over 1 lakh new beneficiaries have been approved by the cabinet.
Khera's remarks came after Amit Shah, in a rally in Assam's Dibrugarh on Friday, said that PM Narendra Modi had opened unprecedented economic and developmental opportunities for Dibrugarh and Assam.
"PM Modi has done a great job for the people of Dibrugarh. The biggest benefit of this free trade agreement is going to be for the people here. Tea produced in the tea gardens of Assam will reach European morning tea cups with zero tariff across all 27 EU countries," he said.
Honouring the priceless contribution of tea garden workers to Assam's 200-year-old tea industry, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat Scheme at Doomdooma in Tinsukia district.
Leader of Opposition of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari highlighted several critical issues, including the wage crisis faced by tea garden workers, land rights, the voter list revision process (SIR), and administrative irregularities.
In the letter, Adhikari requested the CEC to recognise employment records from Tea Gardens and Cinchona Gardens as Official Proofs of Identity and Residence for the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
Panighata Forest Department Ranger Pranab Kumar Das on Saturday said that locals in the area had reported incidents of cattle being killed by a leopard.
Claiming the legislation ends nearly two centuries of land deprivation faced by tea workers, the party hailed the move as a transformative step toward empowerment, dignity, and long-awaited land rights for over 3.33 lakh families across 825 tea estates.
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday attended a felicitation ceremony of Jhumoir Binandini at Khanapra in Guwahati, where he honoured artistes, trainers and expert committee members from 24 out of the 27 participating districts.