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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit to violence-affected Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh is nothing but secular tourism on communal riots.
BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the leaders of the ruling Congress Party have started secular tourism on communal riots.
"The wounds of the people cannot be healed by doing this. It is completely secular tourism on communal riots and nothing else," he added.
Dr. Singh, who will be accompanied by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, during his visit to Muzaffarnagar, will make an on the spot assessment of the situation in the wake of communal violence that rocked some areas of the district.
The three leaders will also visit hospitals where the injured are admitted.
The Prime Minister had earlier talked to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and condemned the violence.
Violence broke out in the Kawal area of Muzaffarnagar on Saturday when members of a community returning from a panchayat meeting in Naglabadhod, three kilometres from Kawal, clashed with members of another community.