Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will visit violence hit Assam on Saturday, to take stock of the situation there. They are scheduled to visit Kokrajhar, the epicentre of the ethnic clashes. After a meeting with the authorities, the PM and Sonia Gandhi will visit two relief camps in Kokrajhar. Their visit comes after more than 8 days of clashes between two communities that has seen more than 40 people dead.
More than 4 lakh people are now living in relief camps in the affected areas. Central paramilitary forces are now out in full force in the state. Home Minister P Chidambaram is also likely to visit ethnic clash-hit areas in Assam on Monday to review the security measures there and the steps taken for relief and rehabilitation of affected people.
This article is posted by pressbrief.in
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