Malda:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be in Malda
in West Bengal for a brief 90-minute visit on
Saturday during which the PM will lay the foundation of an Engineering
institute.
Official sources said Singh and Gandhi would offer floral tributes at the grave of Malda strongman late A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury at his Kotwali residence soon after their arrival.
The
Prime minister would also lay the foundation of Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology at Narayanpur near here at a programme in which
Gandhi would also participate.
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan would be
present at the function. Union HRD minister M Pallam Raju, besides union
ministers of state Abu Hashem Khan Choudhury, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Deepa
Dasmunshi would attend the functions, the sources said adding Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee was also expected to participate.
AICC observer in-charge of the state Shakeel Ahmed and West Bengal PCC president Pradip Bhattacharya would also be present.
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