GUWAHATI: The Indian Prime Minister will be arriving in the city of Guwahati as a part of his visit to Northeast India where he is scheduled to take part in the swearing-in ceremony for three states of the country.
Narendra Modi will be visiting the state of Meghalaya from Guwahati to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Conrad Sangma as the chief minister as well as his cabinet ministers. Thereafter he is scheduled to visit Nagaland to participate in the swearing-in of Neiphiu Rio and his ministers. He will also be visiting the state of Tripura on Wednesday to take part in the swearing-in Dr Manik Saha and his cabinet.
The local administration of Guwahati and the police department had also issued a list of traffic restrictions in the city ahead of Narendra Modi’s two-day visit.
"To grant free passage to emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire tenders, etc., and to ensure the public's safety, particularly vulnerable road users like children, students, women, seniors, and people with disabilities on the road, some restrictions on vehicle movement shall be imposed," mentioned a statement.
In view of the safety measures for the Prime Minister, the local authorities had declared the city of Guwahati a completely no-drone zone on March 7 and March 8.
Apart from the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Jagat Prakash Nadda also arrived in Guwahati on Monday evening to take part in these events. Assam chief ministers and other officials received the leaders at the LGBI Airport.
The National People’s Party-led coalition will be forming the government in Meghalaya with the Bharatiya Janata Party as one of the coalition partners. The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party - Bharatiya Janata Party alliance forms government in Nagaland while the Bharatiya Janata Party forms government in Tripura.
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