Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will visit on Monday to Assam's troubled Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts, almost three weeks after it was affected by ethnic violence that left 77 people dead, and several lakhs displaced. Her visit comes at a time when the Congress government led by Tarun Gogoi is facing criticism for not being able to contain the spread of violence. Sonia Gandhi who will be accompanied by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and the Assam Chief Minister, is expected to visit relief camps - housing members of Bodos and Muslims, the two communities affected by the violence.
Over 200,000 displaced people in lower Assam are crowding ill-equipped relief camps after they fled their villages as intense clashes broke out between Bodos and Bengali speaking settlers last month. About two-thirds of that massive number are Muslims. The politics over ethnic clashes in Assam spilled over to Mumbai where two people were killed and 55 others were injured after a peaceful protest turned violent near Azad Maidan on Saturday. 24 people have been arrested.
The visit by the Congress President will be a boost for the Congress government in the state as the CM Gagoi has been facing criticism for handling of the situation.
Meanwhile, the situation in violence hit Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) has improved as no untoward incident has been reported, and security personnel have also been deployed at 104 fixed pickets. District administrations have closed 101 camps so far. Assam government has ordered a judicial enquiry into the BTAD and Dhubri district violence. CBI is also investigating seven cases.
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