PM not to attend statehood day

Informing this on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said, “The Prime Minister has communicated that he cannot come to the state. However, there will be a kind of statement to be given by him (PM) virtually.”

He said the chief secretary and the department concerned are working out to fit the same in the programme to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium at Polo.

The state government had  invited the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the programme on the occasion of the statehood day celebration.

By Our Reporter