Hate and violence are enemies of development and divisiveness being spread will not benefit 'Bharat Mata', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, as he led a delegation of party leaders to the riot-hit northeast Delhi.
Delhi violence: Rahul Gandhi visits school burnt down during riot
18:33 March 04
Hate and violence enemies of development, will not benefit 'Bharat Mata': Rahul
18:00 March 04
Congress leader K Suresh on visiting the riot-affected area
New Delhi: While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader K Suresh said, "Congress MPs had so far not visited the riot-affected areas but IUML and CPI-Left MPs had visited, so we were under tremendous pressure from our constituencies."
17:57 March 04
Delhi violence: Cong leaders led by Rahul visit riot-affected area Brijpuri
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has arrived in Brij Puri, the violence-hit area where a school was burnt down by rioters.
The Congress leader, after meeting locals in the area, entered the school and is reviewing the situation first hand.
17:40 March 04
The delegations will visit two different areas of north-east delhi: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
New Delhi: As group of Congress leaders along with Rahul Gandhi will visit the riot-affected areas of Delhi which includes,areas of Chand Bagh, Bhajanpura, Mustafabad and Brij Puri to meet riot victims.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "We will accompany Rahul Ji during his visit. We will visit two different areas of north-east delhi."
17:30 March 04
Cong leaders led by Rahul to visit riot-affected areas in Delhi
New Delhi: Congress leaders, led by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, will visit riot-affected areas in Delhi on Wednesday to assess the situation on the ground.
Two separate party delegations left for different areas in northeast Delhi.
The first delegation, comprising mostly MPs, left in a bus from the Kerala House here and included Hibi Eden, Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Abdul Khaleque.
Their first stop was Chand Bagh where they met shopkeepers and asked them about the losses they suffered.
The second delegation included Gandhi, K C Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K Suresh, Mukul Wasnik, Kumari Selja, Gaurav Gogoi and Randeep Surjewala.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said "We will accompany Rahul Ji during his visit. We will visit two different areas of north-east delhi."
This delegation plans to visit a private school in the Brijpuri area of Northeast Delhi which is now home to broken desks and burnt books after it was vandalised during the violence.
Arun Modern Senior Secondary School, which is over 32 years old, suffered damage estimated to be over Rs 70 lakh.
The Congress has been demanding that the issue of communal riots in Delhi be debated in Parliament and both proceedings of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been disrupted over the issue.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi last week had deputed a five-member team to visit the riot-affected areas of Delhi and submit a report to her after assessing the situation there.
The communal violence in northeast Delhi, which was sparked by protests over the amended Citizenship Act, and has left 42 dead and over 200 injured. (with agency inputs)
18:33 March 04
Hate and violence enemies of development, will not benefit 'Bharat Mata': Rahul
Hate and violence are enemies of development and divisiveness being spread will not benefit 'Bharat Mata', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, as he led a delegation of party leaders to the riot-hit northeast Delhi.
18:00 March 04
Congress leader K Suresh on visiting the riot-affected area
New Delhi: While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader K Suresh said, "Congress MPs had so far not visited the riot-affected areas but IUML and CPI-Left MPs had visited, so we were under tremendous pressure from our constituencies."
17:57 March 04
Delhi violence: Cong leaders led by Rahul visit riot-affected area Brijpuri
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has arrived in Brij Puri, the violence-hit area where a school was burnt down by rioters.
The Congress leader, after meeting locals in the area, entered the school and is reviewing the situation first hand.
17:40 March 04
The delegations will visit two different areas of north-east delhi: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
New Delhi: As group of Congress leaders along with Rahul Gandhi will visit the riot-affected areas of Delhi which includes,areas of Chand Bagh, Bhajanpura, Mustafabad and Brij Puri to meet riot victims.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "We will accompany Rahul Ji during his visit. We will visit two different areas of north-east delhi."
17:30 March 04
Cong leaders led by Rahul to visit riot-affected areas in Delhi
New Delhi: Congress leaders, led by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, will visit riot-affected areas in Delhi on Wednesday to assess the situation on the ground.
Two separate party delegations left for different areas in northeast Delhi.
The first delegation, comprising mostly MPs, left in a bus from the Kerala House here and included Hibi Eden, Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Abdul Khaleque.
Their first stop was Chand Bagh where they met shopkeepers and asked them about the losses they suffered.
The second delegation included Gandhi, K C Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K Suresh, Mukul Wasnik, Kumari Selja, Gaurav Gogoi and Randeep Surjewala.
While speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said "We will accompany Rahul Ji during his visit. We will visit two different areas of north-east delhi."
This delegation plans to visit a private school in the Brijpuri area of Northeast Delhi which is now home to broken desks and burnt books after it was vandalised during the violence.
Arun Modern Senior Secondary School, which is over 32 years old, suffered damage estimated to be over Rs 70 lakh.
The Congress has been demanding that the issue of communal riots in Delhi be debated in Parliament and both proceedings of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been disrupted over the issue.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi last week had deputed a five-member team to visit the riot-affected areas of Delhi and submit a report to her after assessing the situation there.
The communal violence in northeast Delhi, which was sparked by protests over the amended Citizenship Act, and has left 42 dead and over 200 injured. (with agency inputs)