Bodo Accord: Kokrajhar decorated with 70,000 earthen lamps to welcome Modi

Kokrajhar has been decorated with 70,000 earthen lamps to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi will arrive at Kokrajhar in Assam today and address a huge rally at a function organized to celebrate the signing of the third Bodo Accord.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is monitoring the entire preparations, while sharing a video on his Twitter handle, said: “What a Spectacular View! Kokrajhar is all decked up with 70,000 earthen lamps to welcome Hon PM @narendramodi to #Assam on February 7.”

What a Spectacular View! #Kokrajhar is all decked up with 70,000 earthen lamps to welcome Hon PM @narendramodi to #Assam on February 7.

It is his extraordinary dynamism, strong personality & clear intentions for his country's march ahead that has earned him so much of love. pic.twitter.com/S4z8GiCnTa

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 6, 2020

Earlier on Thursday, Modi, while informing about his Assam visit tweeted: “Tomorrow, I look forward to being in Assam. I will be in Kokrajhar to address a public meeting.”

The third Bodo Accord was signed in New Delhi on January 27 with all the four factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and the All Bodo Student’s Union (ABSU) in presence of union home minister Amit Shah.