Itanagar, Sept. 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress party for "ignoring the northeast region" and imposing heavy tax burdens on the people while being in power.

The Prime Minister said that the Congress-led government had ignored the Northeast as the region does not have many Parliamentary seats to contest and win. With the Bharatiya Janata Party coming to power, special attention has been given to the northeast as multiple ministers and officers regularly visit the region, he added.

"Generally, the first rays of the sun fall on Arunachal Pradesh, but years have gone by trying to get the rays of development here. I have come here before 2014 too, stayed along with you. Nature has given Arunachal so much, t...