GUWAHATI: The Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankar landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati today on July 3.
As per the media reports, the Vice President landed at around 9.55 AM at the airport in Guwahati’s Borjhar area.
The vice president was received upon his arrival by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Kataria, and Lok Sabha member Queen Oja.
According to statements in the media, the schedule for Vice President Dhankar’s trip includes a visit to Maa Kamakhya temple.
From there, he is slated to head to IIT Guwahati where he will preside over two events.
Meanwhile, it has also come to the fore that cabinet minister Atul Bora, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam unit president Bhabesh Kalita, Guwahati Mayor Mrigen Sarania, and top officials of Assam Police were also present to welcome Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar at the airport.
Earlier, it had emerged that the Vice President will attend the 25th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati during his visit to Assam, a statement from the Vice President's Secretariat said on Sunday.
It may be noted that in May this year, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar had come to Assam to attend the 21st convocation of Dibrugarh University.