Amit Tripura

Agartala, Jan 05: Keeping an eye on the upcoming Assembly Election in Tripura, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to flag off two BJP rath yatras from North Tripura and South Tripura districts on Thursday.

Shah will flag off ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’ from Dhamanagar in North Tripura district and Sabroom in South Tripura district.

Tripura BJP will begin the Jan Vishwas Yatra programme to strengthen the party support base in the state.

The Yatra will last for eight days and cover around 60 constituencies of the state. The main purpose of the Yatra is to showcase the developmental works the BJP government has done since 2018.

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BJP national president JP Nadda will be present on the concluding day of the yatra on Thursday when he will address the masses. Assembly polls in Tripura are slated for 2023.

Meanwhile, Shah’s flight could not land at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala on Wednesday night due to poor visibility caused by thick fog.

The flight had to be diverted to Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati on Wednesday night.