Amit Shah's Kokrajhar Visit: Security Arrangements in Place, 400 CCTVs Installed

The Union Home Minister would be taking part in the 1st anniversary of the signing of the BTR Peace Accord. He would also address a public gathering.

Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP) LR Bishnoi has been camping in Kokrajhar to oversee the security arrangements ahead of Shah's visit.

ADGP Bishnoi said that all security arrangements are in place. Over 2000 people have been deployed to fix any last-minute issue in the Greenfield Ground in Bodofa Nagar, Kokrajhar where the programme would be held. The ground has a capacity to accommodate over 3.5 lakh people.

Around 400 CCTVs have been installed and two control rooms have been set up for constant monitoring.

Speaking to the media, Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief Promod Boro said that the entire Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) is eagerly waiting for the Home Minister's visit who had taken a special interest in signing the BTR peace accord.

A four-day programme has been planned to celebrate the 1st BTR Peace Accord signing ceremony from January 24. The day is celebrated as Accord Day.

The historic peace agreement 'the third Bodo Accord' which designed to usher in peace in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD- currently spread over four districts- Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, and Udalguri) was signed on January 27, 2020, a day after the 71st Republic Day by the Home Ministry, Assam government, and a range of Bodo stakeholders. The Accord, promises to bring in 'permanent peace'. 

At the time of signing the agreement Shah said it would "end the 50-year-old Bodo crisis."