PM to visit Assam on February 14 for third time in three months

Guwahati

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on February 14 to inaugurate several projects and address Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday (January 25, 2026). This will be the Prime Minister’s third visit to the poll-bound State in less than three months.

Mr. Sarma said that the Prime Minister will first inaugurate the Kumar Bhaskarvarman Bridge over the Brahmaputra, connecting Guwahati and North Guwahati, before opening the temporary campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Guwahati, and the handing over of 100 Centre-funded electric buses to the State.

“Later in the day, the Prime Minister will address a meeting of our party functionaries. Three BJP workers from each of some 25,000 polling booths will attend the meeting,” the Chief Minister said.

Pre-poll outreach driv of BJP

The Prime Minister may visit eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh, depending on how his schedule is worked out, Mr. Sarma told journalists after launching the BJP’s video vans as part of a pre-poll outreach drive across the State.

“These vans will be deployed across Assam about six weeks ahead of the election. They will be used to encourage people from all sections of society, including sportspersons and cultural personalities, to share their views,” he said.

‘Toll on trucks, buses only’

He slammed the Congress leadership for what he called “misinformation-driven” politics, referring to allegations that toll charges would be levied on every vehicle using the new bridge. “The toll will apply only to trucks and buses,” he asserted.

The Chief Minister accused the Congress of attempting to consolidate communal support by “warming up to Miyas (a pejorative term to mean Bengali-speaking Muslims, often perceived to be Bangladeshis),” claiming that a recent programme of the Grand Old Party turned out to be a religious gathering rather than a political one. “Nearly 600 of the 750 people who joined the Congress at the event belonged to the Miya community,” he said.

Mr. Sarma also said the BJP would work out the seat-sharing formula with its allies within the NDA framework. There is speculation that the BJP may allocate fewer seats to its ally, the Asom Gana Parishad, in the upcoming elections to the 126-member Assembly than in 2021.

He said discussions between the two parties were at a final stage, and that the seat-sharing arrangement would be announced soon.