India, Aug. 29 -- Union home minister Amit Shah arrived in Guwahati on Thursday evening on a two-day visit to take stock of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's preparations for next year's assembly polls in April-May.

Shah was received at the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and BJP state chief Dilip Saikia.

In a post on X before departing for Guwahati, Shah said he would be in the state for two days. "Today, will chair the BJP's core committee meeting in Guwahati. In the morning tomorrow will initiate the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory to bolster cyber security in the region along with various other projects," Shah said in the post.

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