Live! Must ensure local issues are not communally exploited: PM

November 23, 2013 10:51

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that our law and order agencies must ensure that trivial or local issues are not exploited by vested interests to inflame communal passions.

He said, "There is likelihood of disturbance by terror groups during upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls'. On Muzaffarnagar riots, the PM said, "We cannot afford such a state of affairs'.

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