Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrives in Assam on a day-long trip, has a series of engagements.
After landing in Dibrugarh, hometown of the party's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal, the Prime Minister will inaugurate a petrochemical project built at a cost of Rs. 9,250 crore. He will address a rally in the tea garden belt in Moran, about 40 kilometres from Dibrugarh.
Prime Minister Modi will also deliver an address at the annual conference of the 15th century Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva in Sibsagar.
In just about 6 hours, the Prime Minister has carefully chosen to reach out to politically influential communities such as Ahoms, Moran, Motok and tea garden workers among others.
The Upper Assam region -- a traditional Congress bastion -- could well determine who forms the next government in the state. Of the 126 assembly seats, 56 seats are in Upper Assam.
So while the Congress would try hard to rebuild its bastion, the BJP would be hoping for a repeat of its 2014 performance.
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