CM Sarbananda Sonowal seeks PM's help in promoting Assam

Guwahati: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s help in promoting Assam as an investment destination for companies - especially Japanese firms that are willing to relocate from China following supply chain disruptions wrought by the Covid-19 outbreak. The annual Japan-India summit that was scheduled be held in Guwahati on December 15-17 was postponed after protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe were expected to participate in the mega event, in which industrialists from both countries were expected to participate. “Led by the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro), around 150 companies were slated to visit in December. However, due to the unrest, they shelved their plans. We are again trying to bring them here,” Assam industries and commerce minister Chandra Mohan Patowary told ET. Sonowal recently wrote to the prime minister in this regard.