Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and invited him to join the inaugural ceremony of the year-long birth centenary celebrations of music maestro and Bharat Ratna awardee Dr Bhupen Hazarika in Guwahati on September 8.
Taking to social media, Sarma wrote, “It was my privilege to meet Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji in New Delhi today. I had the honour of inviting him to Assam as the Chief Guest for the inaugural ceremony of the year-long celebration of Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’s birth centenary.”
Sarma added that he invited PM Modi to join the inauguration of the Assam bio-ethanol plant, which has a production capacity of 49 kilotons per annum (KTPA) of ethanol.
The Assam chief minister also requested the prime minister to lay the foundation stones of two key infrastructure projects: the Rs. 5,700 crore Guwahati Ring Road project and the Darrang Medical College and Hospital in Darrang district.
Sarma shared that the prime minister has agreed to attend the events.
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