Prime MinisterNarendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 22 development projects worth Rs 4,815 crore in poll-boundManipur.
The northeast, which had been long neglected by the previous government, joined the development race after 2014, and Manipur will become the main source of Indias Growth, the PM said. Amid total shutdown and boycott call by the proscribed Coordination Committee (CorCom), a conglomerate of rebel outfits of the state,Modiarrived at Imphal airport around 11 am on his whirlwind visit to the state and addressed a mammoth public meeting at Hatta Kangjeibung in Imphal East.