Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Meghalaya on Sunday to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council (NEC), Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Tuesday.

Sangma also said that the PM will be in the state capital for just three hours and will be attending two programmes, the details of which will be shared soon.

“The Prime Minister is visiting Shillong on 18 December. He will be attending the golden jubilee celebrations of the North Eastern Council here,” Sangma told PTI on the sidelines of a meeting here.

According to the CM, Modi’s visit is “confirmed” and all details and the security arrangements are being put in place.

NEC, headquartered in Shillong, is a nodal agency set up for undertaking economic and social development in the northeastern states.

A senior official of the council said the NEC has been instrumental in setting in motion a new economic endeavour, aimed at removing the basic handicaps that stood in the way of normal development of the region.