Home Minister Amit Shah and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat are in Andaman and Nicobar Islands to unveil a statue of during which they will unveil a statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a senior official said.

Security has been beefed up in view of the high-profile visits, and traffic restrictions may be imposed in some areas, he said.

Bhagwat may have a brief interaction with the workers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at Dollygunj in Sri Vijaya Puram. This will be his first visit to the archipelago as a 'sarsanghchalak'.

Nearly two decades ago, Bhagwat had visited the islands as a 'sarkaryavah' (general secretary), while this will be Shah's second visit to the archipelago, which he visited in January 2023 to commemorate the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

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