Port Blair, May 27: On hearing the sad news of Naxalite attack in Chattishgarh during Congress's Parivartan Yatra, an emergency meeting was called at Gandhi Bhavan where the leaders and members of ANTCC, DCC, Pradesh Youth Congress, City Congress, Seva Dal, Mahila Congres and INTUC have strongly condemned the attack on democracy of our country.

PCC President Shri Nand Lal Patel, Senior Leader Mahendra Karma, Shri Udai Mudaliar and several dedicated workers were killed while senior leader Shri Vidya Charan Shukla and many others seriously injured.

In a message, the ANTCC leaders said that in this critical and sad moment, they remain with the family members of the departed souls and also with the injured leaders. Two minutes silence was also observed in the honour of the departed souls.