Guwahati: Assam chief minister on Thursday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a two-day visit to the state starting May 24.

Union Home Minister will attend in a programme to be held in Guwahati where the Assam government will distribute around 45,000 appointment letters to the newly recruited candidates of various government departments, Sarma said.

“On May 27, there will be NITI Aayog meeting, so I will have to leave Delhi on May 26. That is why on our request Home Minister has advanced the function by a day. So the appointment letters of the newly recruited candidates will be distributed on May 25,” Sarma added.

Meanwhile, Shah will also lay the foundation stone of the National Forensic Science University during the programme in Guwahati.