Amit Shah On 2-Day Visit To Northeast, First Since BJP's Assam Polls Win

This is Mr Shah's first visit to the region since the April-May election in Assam, in which the BJP swept to victory

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is in Meghalaya's Shillong today to begin a two-day visit to the northeastern part of the country. This is Mr Shah's first visit to the region since the April-May election in Assam, in which the BJP swept to victory. Both Mr Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were active on the campaign trail for that win. Among his more important engagements will be a closed-door meeting of the chief ministers, chief secretaries and police chiefs of the eight northeast states, at which interstate border issues might be discussed, officials have told news agency PTI. The eight northeastern states are Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Border rows between these states are not uncommon; earlier this month tension between Assam and Mizoram spiked over alleged encroachment into forest land. The meeting is also expected to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the region, which has seen a worrying spike in new cases and dozens of districts reporting positivity rates over 10 per cent.