Guwahati, Aug 13 NNN: Amidst heightening criticisms on Assam chief minister for the communal violence in Assam’s Kokrajhar district between the Bodos and the Muslims, chairman of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi thinks otherwise.
Visiting the ethnic clash hit places of Assam today, Sonia Gandhi said Tarun Gogoi had handled the crisis efficently. She said the state government of Assam under the leadership of Tarun Gogoi had done what needed to be done by any government. However, Sonia Gandhi stated that she had asked the Assam government to see that no such riot occurs again.
Sonia Gandhi’s visit was joined by Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
During her visit today, the UPA chairperson said more security deployment would be needed for the 2.4 lakh people affected by the clash.
The UPA chairperson visited two Bodo tribal camps in Kokrajhar district and four migrant Muslim camps in Bilasipara subdivision of Dhubri district. The visit to two of the Dhubri camps was not planned.
Sonia Gandhi spent about 30 minutes in every camp she had visited and returned to New Delhi via Baghdogra in West Bengal around 2:30 pm.
A couple of weeks ago, the new militant outfit was suspected by the intelligence officials of involving in the recent ethnic clashes between the Bodos and the Muslims.
Reports had it that intelligence officials suspected the United Muslim National Army (UMNA) for inciting the clash.
A Bodo organisation formed by former militants too claimed that the UMNA had planned the violence.
Police in Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) had said the United Muslim National Army UMNA was formed on June 15 in an aim to push for a separate administrative area for Muslims comprising 13 districts of Assam
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