Sonia Gandhi-led Congress delegation meets President Ram Nath Kovind over Delhi violence

NEW DELHI: A delegation of senior Congress leaders, led by party chief Sonia Gandhi, met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday to seek normalcy and peace in violence-hit Delhi.

The delegation, including Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad as well as Ahmed Patel and Randeep Surjewala, also submitted a memorandum to the president.

The total death toll in the northeast Delhi communal violence over the amended citizenship law is now 34, according to senior officials.