Overview
- President Droupadi Murmu’s planned day-long trip to Assam this week has been postponed for the second time due to unavoidable circumstances.
- She was scheduled to confer the Srimanta Sankardeva Award on veteran dancer Sonal Mansingh at a state government function in Guwahati.
- The award ceremony will proceed as planned with the Assam governor presenting the honour on the president’s behalf.
- Murmu’s initial visit to Assam on April 25 was deferred in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.
- The President’s Office has notified the Assam chief minister’s principal secretary of the latest postponement.