Trinamool Cong delegation to visit Hyderabad

Delegation will be headed Derek O'Brien

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 19 2016 | 6:18 PM IST
A two-member Trinamool Congress delegation led by party MP and national spokesperson Derek O'Brien will today visit Hyderabad which is witnessing protests over the alleged suicide of a dalit scholar.

"We have spoken to the students and they said it will be a nice gesture if you come and express solidarity with us", O'Brien here said.

"I have listened to their account regrading the incident. We will reach Hyderabad this evening", he said, adding another member of the delegation is party MP Pratima Mondol.

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First Published: Jan 19 2016 | 2:22 PM IST

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