India, Feb. 17 -- The new Terminal 2 building of the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 20, remains non-operational even 55 days after the ceremony.

Despite the high-profile inauguration, construction work at the terminal is still incomplete. When Northeast Now reporters visited the site, they found workers continuing construction activities inside the building - raising serious questions about why the terminal was inaugurated before it was ready.

Why was the hurry? Why could the government not wait until the project was fully completed? With the Assam Assembly elections approaching, critics are asking whether the inauguration was driven more by p...