Sonia deputes team to Moradabad

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JULY 28 The Congress today despatched a 14- member- strong Parliamentary and party delegation to Moradabad, for an on the spot study of the incidents of rioting, rape and murder of families belonging to minority community there. At least six people including women and children were killed.

The team included 11 MPs, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also the party's General Secretary, Mr. Ramesh Chennitthala, Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev, Begum Noor Bano, Mr. Sujan Singh Bundela, Mr. Khan Gufran Zaidi, Mr. K. M. Khan, Mr. Avtar Singh Bhadana, Ms. Mabel Rebello, Ms. Farida Topno and Mr. Mool Chand Meena.

The others in the team, deputed by the Congress President,Ms. Sonia Gandhi, include another General Secretary, Mrs. Mohsina Kidwai, former Union Minister, Mr. Jagdish Tytler and Mr. Mohammed Afzal, Secretary of the party's Minority Department.

With all political parties gearing up for Assembly elections in U.P., the Congress hopes to build bridges with the minority community which had moved away from it during the past decade.

With caste and community playing an important role in U. P. elections, the Congress also hopes to move closer to the minorities who it feels was getting disenchanted with the Samajwadi Party. The Congress team has a fair mix of people belonging to the minorities including three MPs from Uttar Pradesh.

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