Delhi, 25 February (H.S.): The PM will inaugurate the Advantage Assam 2.0 Infrastructure and Investment Summit today on Tuesday in the presence of industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Anil Agarwal, Prashant Ruia, Sajjan Jindal and others along with entrepreneurs from Assam.

PM Modi will leave for New Delhi on Tuesday afternoon.

Union Ministers Dr.S Jaishankar, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Sarbananda Sonowal and Pabitra Margherita will also be present at the summit while Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will virtually address a session.

Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address the valedictory session on Wednesday.

PM Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Assam, was received by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma upon his arrival in Guwahati yesterday evening. The Prime Minister waved to enthusiastic crowds lining the streets, as people extended a warm welcome on his way to the event venue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attented the Jhumoir Binandini 2025, a Mega Jhumoir programme in Guwahati, Assam yeaterday. Addressing the gathering, he said there was a reverberating atmosphere filled with energy, enthusiasm and excitement at the event. He noted the impressive preparations by all the artists of the Jhumoir, which reflected the fragrance and beauty of the tea gardens. He mentioned that just as the people have a special bond with the Jhumar and tea garden culture, he too shares a similar connection.

The Jhumoir Binandini (Mega Jhumoir) 2025, is a spectacular cultural extravaganza with 8,000 performers participating in the Jhumoir dance, a folk dance of Assam Tea Tribe and Adivasi Communities of Assam that embodies the spirit of inclusivity, unity and cultural pride, and symbolises Assam’s syncretic cultural mélange. The Mega Jhumoir event symbolises 200 years of the tea industry, and also 200 years of industrialisation in Assam.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar