21 December,2025 02:12 PM IST | Guwahati | Agencies
The new nature-themed terminal in Guwahati airport is operated by Adani Airport Holdings. PIC/PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Assam on Saturday. In a rally after inaugurating a new terminal of the Guwahati airport he attacked the Congress for "neglecting" Assam and the Northeast during its rule, and asserted that the BJP government was correcting "mistakes" the grand old party kept making in the region for decades.
"The Congress gave protection to infiltrators who grabbed forests and land, threatening the security and identity of Assam... The BJP government has been correcting mistakes the Congress kept making for decades in the Northeast," the PM asserted.
The airport he announced is the "country's first nature-themed airport", designed to handle 131 lakh passengers per year, officials said. The R5000-crore project has been developed by Guwahati International Airport Ltd, with operations led by Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.
On Sunday the PM lay to foundation stone for a Rs 10,600-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam. Modi arrived in Assam on Saturday on a two-day trip, during which he is set to unveil multiple projects worth Rs 15,600 crore. All of this comes around three months before the state is due to go for assembly polls.
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