Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Assam on Saturday evening on a two-day visit to the state, during which he will attend legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika’s birth centenary celebrations.
He is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati at 4.20 pm, following which he will attend a meeting from 5.15 pm, where he will pay tributes to the musical doyen.
Modi will release a Rs 100 commemorative coin issued by the Reserve Bank of India to honour Hazarika, and also a biography of the maestro, titled ‘Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika’, written by Sahitya Akademi awardee Anuradha Sarma Pujari.
