PM, Sonia attend NIC meet; Modi skips it

September 23, 2013 10:15

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday attended the meeting of the National Integration Council.

The meeting was held in the backdrop of the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, in which 48 people were killed and over 40,000 rendered homeless.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has decided to skip the meeting.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh, his son and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav are among the attendees.

Before the beginning of the meeting, BJP patriarch L K Advani was seen warmly greeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Kumar had walked out of the BJP-led NDA due to Modi's elevation within the party.

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