Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Sikkim’s statehood at Paljor Stadium here on Thursday, officials said.
This will be Modi’s second visit to the Himalayan state as the prime minister.
“PM will attend a programme – Sikkim@50: Where progress meets purpose and nature nurtures growth – on Thursday morning,” the officials said.
Enjoying protectorate status under the Union of India after the country’s Independence in 1947, Sikkim became an Indian state on May 16, 1975, following a referendum.
-PTI
