Overview
- At the Manohari tea estate in Dibrugarh on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi plucked leaves and met women workers during a campaign stop.
- He spent about 30 minutes with a group of 19 women, discussed education, healthcare and wages, and watched a traditional Jhumur dance.
- He posted photos and a selfie on X, called tea “the soul of Assam,” and praised tea garden families for their hard work.
- Following the visit, he addressed rallies in Gogamukh and Behali, where he accused the Congress of seeking laws to protect “infiltrators.”
- The outreach focuses on tea-tribe communities that can sway dozens of seats, with recent coverage also citing land pattas reported for over 3.5 lakh tea worker families.