PM Narendra Modi
GUWAHATI: The dates for Assam elections are expected to be announced soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah make their last official visits to the state before the model code of conduct sets in.
While Modi will be at Silapathar on February 22 to inaugurate Dhemaji Engineering College, Shah will be at Batadraba in Nagoan district on February 25 to launch a project of the state government to develop and beautify the Batadraba than built by 15th century Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva. In 2016, the dates for the two-phase polls on April 6 and 11 were announced by the Election Commission on March 4.