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PC parries questions on army deployment, Gogoi
Outgoing Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday skirted questions on the delay in army deployment and Assam Chief Minister's remarks against the Centre. Asked whether there was a delay in deployment of armed forces in controlling violence in Kokrajhar and adjoining districts, Chidambaram said he could not comment on that as he had no knowledge when the Ministry of Defence had received the request from Assam Government for deploying the Army in affected areas. To questions on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's remarks on the delay from Centre, he said that Gogoi himself said that the reports were wrong.
Outgoing Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday skirted questions on the delay in army deployment and Assam Chief Minister's remarks against the Centre. Asked whether there was a delay in deployment of armed forces in controlling violence in Kokrajhar and adjoining districts, Chidambaram said he could not comment on that as he had no knowledge when the Ministry of Defence had received the request from Assam Government for deploying the Army in affected areas. To questions on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's remarks on the delay from Centre, he said that Gogoi himself said that the reports were wrong.
