Raipur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday met victims of the Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, which left over 20 dead, including two senior Congress leaders, and 25 people injured.
Both the Prime Minister and the Congress cheif visited the hospital in Raipur where the injured have been admitted, and interacted with members of victims' families.
"This is a black day for democracy, this will harm grassroots politics," the Prime Minister's Office later quoted Manmohan Singh as saying in conversation with a victim in the hospital.
Both the leaders will also be meeting party workers in state capital in Raipur. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has been camping in Raipur since late Saturday after the news of the attack came in.
A large number of Naxals on Saturday attacked a Congress party convoy, blocking its way with felled trees, setting off a landmine blast and then opening fire.
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