Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the Northeast, on October 7 said that the region was only considered a “tourist destination” before Narendra Modi became prime minister.

Shah noted that the “real development” of the Northeast began only after Modi took over the office of the prime minister in 2014. The remarks of the home minister came at a Cooperative Dairy Conclave 2022 of East and Northeast regions.

“In 75 years of independence, before Narendra Modi became the PM, the Northeast was considered only a tourist destination. After he became the PM, the real development of the Northeast began,” minister Amit Shah said.

The home minister said that PM Modi-led government has decided to set up 65,000 active primary agricultural credit societies (PACS).

“Narendra Modi govt has decided to set up around 65,000 active PACS. We’ve decided that within five years every panchayat will have one PACS and a dairy each,” he said.

Amit Shah reached Sikkim’s Gangtok on October 7 to inaugurate the Eastern and North-Eastern Dairy Cooperative Conclave 2022.

Shah inaugurated Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue at Raj Bhavan in Gangtok. Governor Ganga Prasad was also present on the occasion.

Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda also arrived in the Northeast on October 7 to inaugurate the party’s biggest office in the region.

According to Assam state BJP president Bhabesh Kalita, the top leaders of the party will inaugurate the newly-constructed Assam state BJP office at the Basistha area of Guwahati on October 8, in the presence of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and state party leaders.

Nadda and Shah will also attend the party workers’ meeting at the Veterinary College playground, Khanapara in Guwahati.

Official sources said Amit Shah will attend a series of official meetings on October 8 evening and October 9 morning. The Union home minister will attend the conference of the superintendent of police at the Police Training College at Dergaon on October 9 and will then depart from the state following several official engagements.

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