India, Sept. 14 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Bharat Mata Ki Jai! The popular Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma ji, my colleague in the Union Cabinet Shri Sarbananda Sonowal ji, all the ministers of the Assam government, Members of Parliament and MLAs, other public representatives, and my dear brothers and sisters who have come here in such large numbers to bless us despite the continuous rain-Namaskar.

I extend my heartfelt greetings and congratulations to the people of Darrang and to all the people of Assam on this historic day of the state's development journey.

Friends,

I arrived in Assam yesterday for the first time after Operation Sindoor. With the ...