Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked PM Narendra Modi for attending Bhupen Hazarika’s birth centenary, saying it healed the hurt from 2011 when no PM paid last respects. He praised Modi’s tribute and the government’s gestures, including Bharat Ratna, Dhola-Sadiya bridge naming, and a commemorative coin, honoring the “Bard of Brahmaputra.”