Updated on Monday, November 09, 2009, 23:32 IST Tags:N-E, students, PM

New Delhi: A delegation of students and Congress workers from the Northeast will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow to seek his intervention in ensuring safety of the students from the region.

"We will meet the Prime Minister tomorrow to apprise him about the problems being faced by the students from the region in the city. We will also seek his intervention in ensuring safety and security of our students," General Secretary of the Northeast Congress Committee Sharif Laskar said.

Laskar had earlier led a delegation of students from the region to Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi who had assured them of full support.

"The Prime Minister represents Assam in Parliament. We hope he would understand the grievances of the students from the region and do the needful," he said.

The murder of a teenaged Naga girl from Manipur last month allegedly by an IIT Phd scholar is snowballing into a major issue, triggering widespread protests by students from the region.

Bureau Report