INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PM Narendra Modi will kickstart BJP's poll campaign in Northeast from Assam's Silchar
He will also inaugurate a dozen projects in Manipur, and address a public rally.The 25 Lok Sabha seats in Northeastern region are key to
BJP's political prospects in upcoming parliamentary polls.However, resentment may be building in Silchar
A majority of people in this region -- hub of Assam's Barak Valley -- are Bengali-speaking people, and a number of Bengali Hindus who voted
for BJP in last elections were left out of National Register of Citizens draft.Many of people in region had supported BJP in 2016 assembly
election because of its unfulfilled promise to bring Citizenship Amendment Bill
The legislation -- which aims to change definition of illegal migrants of certain communities -- has been termed "anti-Assam" by many
regional parties.Meanwhile, workers of Hindustan Paper Corporation plan to hold a demonstration at PM Modi's rally to protest BJP's
unfulfilled promise of reopening Nagaon and Panchgram mills
Terrorist groups in Manipur have called for a boycott of PM Modi's rally and organised a general strike as a mark of protest.Despite Silchar
being its stronghold, BJP could not win a single Lok Sabha seat in Barak Valley, Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong region in 2014.
