PM Modi In Assam: 'New Dawn Of Permanent Peace Has Arrived, Will Not Allow Violence To Return'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted the importance of the Bodo agreement and said that no citizen will die of violence anymore in the North East and the road for development has opened in the region. "The road for permanent peace has opened up only due to your help and willpower. This is a new opportunity and a new dawn for Assam and the entire Northeast to welcome the 21st century," he said addressing a gathering.

PM @narendramodi reached Guwahati. He was welcomed by Governor @jagdishmukhi, CM @sarbanandsonwal, Minister @himantabiswa and others.

He is now on the way to Kokrajhar. pic.twitter.com/liXquWes9e

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"We won't allow the darkness of terrorism to return here. No citizen will die of violence anymore in this region. Mothers whose children have returned from the wilderness are blessing me today. So many families have been reconciled," the Prime Minister added. Terming it a historic moment, Prime Minister Modi outlined that the signing of peace accord has come at a time when the nation was celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Bodo accord was signed on January 27 by the government with four factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), All Bodo Students Union and a civil society group for bringing a lasting peace in Bodo-dominated areas in Assam. A cultural programme of ethnic groups of Assam is being organised to showcase the diversity of the state, the statement said.