BJP team to visit violence-hit Assam district

BJP President Rajnath Singh today announced a team of four MPs which will visit Goalpara district in Assam and submit a report to him on poll related violence which claimed over 20 lives last week. In a press statement, BJP today said Singh has expressed serious concern over the recent violence in Goalpara area of Assam. "In the violence there, 13 people were killed in police firing while another 13 were killed by suspected Bangladeshis. Houses in about 15 villages in the area were set on fire," the party said. The team comprises Guwahati MP Bijaya Chakravarty, Rajya Sabha MPs Prakash Javadekar and Tarun Vijay, and Meerut MP Rajendra Agarwal. It will reach Assam tomorrow to study the situation in Goalpara area and write a report. "This incidence of violence in Goalpara district has exposed the ineffectiveness of the state government. Law and order has virtually come to a naught in the area," the party alleged.