Addressing a massive rally in Guwahati after unveiling projects worth Rs 11,600 crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that no country can progress by erasing its past. The PM also said that peace has returned to Assam in the last 10 years, and over 7,000 people have put down arms and returned to the mainstream.
At the public event, after a massive roadshow with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, PM Modi claimed that those in power after Independence could not understand the significance of places of worship and set a trend of being ashamed of their culture.
On the Kamakhya temple corridor project, to be developed by the Centre at a cost of Rs 498 crore, he said a huge number of devotees will come to visit the 'Shakti Peeth' once it is ready, and it will boost the tourism sector of the entire Northeast.
"However, the situation has changed in the last 10 years," PM Modi said.
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