P. Chidambaram visited the violence-affected areas of Assam on Monday to review the situation. During his two-day visit he will review the law and order situation in Kokrajhar and neighbouring areas and will meet senior state government officials, the home ministry official said. "He would also assess the impact of relief measures and other steps taken to normalize the situation," he said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had on Saturday visited the violence-affected areas and called for an immediate end to the violence and promised "a proper inquiry" into the ethnic clashes -- which left 45 people dead and lakhs homeless -- as well as aid to the affected people.

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