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I am not aware of PM directive to Razi: Gogoi

Amidst the report of a simmering tension at the Raj Bhawan following
reports of PM's directive to Governor Syed Sibtey Razi to quit, Assam
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said he was not aware of any development in
this regard.


Talking to reporters in Delhi on Tuesday after his meeting with UPA
chief Sonia Gandhi, Gogoi said there as no complaint againt Razi in
Assam and that h did not opposed when he Razi was posted in Assam.
Gogoi called on Sonia Gandhi and apprised her of the state's overall situation.
In yet another development,the prime minister's office has denied any
report of PM's instruction for Razi to quit the office immediatley.
Senior Congress leaders in Delhi also dismissed the media report.

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