The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for a 7.2 km six-lane elevated Kona Expressway project worth over Rs 1,200 crore.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal on Friday to launch a series of infrastructure initiatives valued at over ₹5,200 crore and to address a public gathering in Dum Dum, against a politically charged backdrop amid TMC’s protests over alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in various states.
According to a senior BJP leader, the prime minister will land in Dum Dum on Kolkata’s northeastern outskirts after his visit to Bihar and will first take part in the inauguration of three new Kolkata Metro corridors before speaking at the party rally.
His visit comes at a time when a controversy has erupted over constitutional amendment proposals concerning the removal of the prime minister, chief ministers, and ministers in cases where they are arrested on serious criminal charges.
TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has criticised the proposed laws as “autocratic,” calling them a move “worse than a super-Emergency” that would “destroy” judicial independence.
On Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled three Bills in the Lok Sabha related to these changes, sparking protests from the Opposition before the draft legislation was sent to a Joint Committee of Parliament.
