Guwahati, May 20(UNI) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the latter’s office in New Delhi and held discussions on several important issues.
The probable situation in the state in the aftermath of the publication of final NRC and the recent incident of grenade blast in Guwahati came up for discussion during the meeting, an official release said here.
After the meeting, the chief minister reiterated that the people of Assam did not want any incident like bomb blasts to occur and they were pining for peace to prevail.
Appreciating the Assam Police for being able to nab all those behind the grenade blast in a short time, Sonowal stressed the unequivocal condemnation of the dastardly incident from all quarters and asserted the state government’s resolve to strongly crush all such forces acting against the interest of the state and its people.
The state government was striving towards bringing rapid development to the state and for that purpose, maintaining a peaceful environment is a must, he stated.
The chief minister also informed that the matter of publication of final NRC under the supervision of Supreme Court of India on July 31 was discussed during the meeting with the Union Home Minister and both the central and state governments would have to take joint action with the cooperation of the people to prevent any untoward incident from taking place in the aftermath.
He also called for similar cooperation from people of the state which was extended during the publication of first and final drafts of NRC in maintaining law and order situation in the state.
He said the whole process of NRC was being monitored and supervised by Supreme Court of India in a very transparent manner and the state government was extending its full support to ensure that no genuine Indian citizen was left out of the NRC.
He also called on all genuine citizens not to panic in any situation and he assured of all help to the people during the claims and objection process of NRC.
During the meeting, Union Home Secretary J.S. Saini, Chief Secretary Alok Kumar, DGP Kuladhar Saikia, NRC Coordinator Pratik Hajela and many top officials of both central and state governments were present.
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