PM Modi to address two election rallies in Jharkhand

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address two election rallies in the poll-bound Jamshedpur and Ranchi ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections.

Prime Minister took to twitter before leaving for Jharkhand saying, "Will address rallies in Jamshedpur and Ranchi in Jharkhand today."

Meanwhile, security has been tightened in the area.

Later in the day, Prime Minister Modi will make his maiden visit to Assam since winning the Lok Sabha elections.

"Later today, I would embark on my visit to the Northeast. I am eagerly looking forward to being there and interacting with people. Rich natural resources combined with talent of our youth gives our Northeast the potential to play a key role in our development journey," he tweeted.

"I would visit Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland and attend a wide range of programmes that would connect me to all sections of society," he added.

India will not develop till the Northeast develops. We are committed to realising the potential of the Northeast and accelerating its progress," he said in a series of tweets.

Prime Minister Modi's whirlwind tour of the North-East states will see him attend two functions on his arrival in Guwahati on Saturday. The next day, he will be addressing the All India Conference of DGPs and IGPs and the BJP rally before flying to Imphal to attend the Sangai Festival.

On Monday, his final day of the tour, the Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the Hornbill Festival in Kohima before leaving for Agartala to launch a power project in south Tripura.