Sonia Gandhi to visit Mizoram
Aizawl, January 13, 2010: United Progressive Alliance chairperson Pi Sonia Gandhi is to visit Mizoram in February.
The Congress president is expected to lay the foundation of Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here in the state capital. The first modern stadium in the state will be constructed near the 3rd Bn. Mizoram Armed Police headquarters at Mualpui in Aizawl.
However, the exact date has not been fixed. But ME sources said the Gandhi ‘bahu’ will air-dash to the hilly state in the first week of February.
Official release said that Sonia informed Chief Minister Pu Lal Thanhawla about her decision on January 12 night at the dinner hosted in honour of the visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Pu Lal Thanhawla has also invited Bangladeshi High Commissioner Tariq Hussain to visit the proposed Indo-Bangladesh border trade centre at Kawrpuichhuah in south Mizoram.
