Shah takes 5-hr road journey to reach rally venue in Imphal

Dimapur: BJP President Amit Shah today undertook a five-hour road journey from here to Imphal, where he is slated to address a public meeting in the evening.
Shah, who is on a four-day visit to the northeastern states, was supposed to travel by chopper but had to take the over 200-km mountainous road route due to bad weather.
The BJP chief, accompanied by party’s general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal and senior leader Tapir Gao, is touring the northeastern region to strengthen the party base and connect with the people there.
Shah is set to meet party leaders in states of Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland. He visited Mizoram on the first day on Thursday and visited Nagaland yesterday. “The BJP chief will address a public rally at Imphal this evening after reaching there by road,” Gao said.
Shah will be meeting leaders of the party and public today and will inaugurate the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hall at the party’s office in Manipur tomorrow, he added. The visit is aimed at involving the party leaders and public for expanding BJP’s base and make the membership drive successful, besides hearing the problems of the people of the region. During his interaction with party workers, Shah has been asking them to take central schemes to the public, including tribals in the area, and usher in development of the region.
The BJP chief has previously said that his party government will develop the entire northeast region and bring it on par with other parts of the country, besides improving its connectivity with rest of India. (PTI)