Union home minister Amit Shah declared on Sunday that the entire northeast would be rid of militancy and other forms of unrest by 2024, just as the Narendra Modi government at the Centre had supposedly altered the “narrative” in Assam that “only protests yield development”, reports Kangkan Kalita. “Under the leadership of the PM, the BJP-led government in Assam has show that for development, cooperation and hard work are essential," he said at an event in Guwahati.