PM condemns Mumbai blasts, asks Mumbaikars to be calm, united

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday strongly condemned the bomb blasts in Mumbai and appealed to the people of the megapolis to remain calm and show a united front.

"I strongly condemn the bomb blasts in Mumbai this evening... I appeal to the people of Mumbai to remain calm and show a united face," Singh said in a statement said here.

The Prime Minister, who is monitoring the developments related to the three explosions, spoke to Home Minister P Chidambaram as also Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.

Singh said he had asked Chavan to do whatever is possible to provide relief to the injured and to the families of the deceased.

"I have also asked Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to provide all possible expert assistance to the state government," a PMO statement quoted the Prime Minister as saying.