Shillong, Sept 27: Union Minister, Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam who is also the BJP’s in-charge of Assembly election in Meghalaya will visit the state on Friday.
This will his maiden visit after being appointed as election in-charge of Meghalaya and as Union Minister.
According to the BJP Meghalaya Pradesh, during his one-day visit, the BJP leader will interact with media persons at Assam House, here at 3:30 pm.
Alphons will be accompanied by the BJP national spokesperson, Nalin Kohli who is also in-charge of Meghalaya.
Alphons, who is neither a member of the Rajya Sabha nor Lok Sabha, took oath as Minister of the BJP-led NDA government on September 3.
He is currently serving as the Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, besides Culture and Tourism.