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Pranab expresses pain over Assam violence

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From Our Special Correspondent

New Delhi: In a rare instance, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday expressed pain over the recent ethnic violence in Assam and wanted revisiting the Assam Accord signed by late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

“Old fires that threaten the stability of our nation have not been fully doused; the ash continues to smoulder,” the President said.

“Minorities need solace, understanding and protection from aggression and violence is not an option but an invitation to greater violence,” Mukherjee said in his speech to the nation on the eve of Independence Day.

Concrete attempts have been made to heal the wounds of Assam, including the Assam Accord conceived by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, he said. “We should revisit them, and adapt them to present conditions in the spirit of justice and national interest,” Mukherjee said.

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