{"id":276602,"date":"2026-01-18T00:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=276602"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:42:57","slug":"pm-begins-2-day-assam-visit-with-colourful-roadshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/pm-begins-2-day-assam-visit-with-colourful-roadshow\/","title":{"rendered":"PM begins 2-day Assam visit with colourful roadshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, 17 Jan:<\/strong> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took part in a roadshow from Assam&#8217;s Guwahati airport to Azara, commencing his two-day tour of the northeastern state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the four-km roadshow, Modi witnessed Assam&#8217;s diverse ethnic culture amid cheers by people who had lined up on both sides of the road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM, during his stay, is scheduled to lay the foundation of the Kaziranga elevated corridor and flag off two Amrit Bharat Express trains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi was received at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here by Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya, besides Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and senior officials of the state government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several platforms have been erected on the roadside for performances by hundreds of artistes from across the state, an official said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The roadshow began from a roundabout on National Highway 17 near the airport and ended at Azara.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarma, state BJP president and Lok Sabha member Dilip Saikia, and senior functionaries of the party joined Modi during the roadshow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM is also scheduled to witness a Bodo folk dance &#8216;Bagurumba Dwhou 2026&#8217; by 10,000 performers at the Arjun Bhogeswar Barua Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will leave for Kaliabor on Sunday morning to lay the foundation stone for the Rs 6,957-crore Kaziranga elevated corridor, and later virtually flag off two Amrit Bharat Express trains, and address a public meeting before leaving for West Bengal. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, 17 Jan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took part in a roadshow from Assam&#8217;s Guwahati airport to Azara, commencing his two-day tour of the northeastern state. During the four-km roadshow, Modi witnessed Assam&#8217;s diverse ethnic culture amid cheers by people who had lined up on both sides of the road. The PM, during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-276602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}