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Congress VP Rahul Gandhi visits flood-affected Assam

| | Aug 03, 2017, at 10:21 pm
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IBNS): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited some of the flood affected areas of Assam on Thursday, according to media reports.

The party's official Twitter handle said, "Assam and its people left to fend for themselves by the negligent government in a time of grave need."

Rahul Gandhi visited Lakhimpur on Thursday, which, according to local reports, has been the worst affected among the 29 districts of the state,

He met with the villagers and also reviewed the relief and rehabilitation measures being implemented, according to media reports,

The Congress VP is also scheduled to attend the cremation of veteran Congress leader and former central minister Santosh Mohan Deb in Silchar, Assam, media reported.

Image: INCIndia/Twitter

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