The 17-member contingent of Uttar Pradesh ministers and MLAs, who were on a 18-day junket to seven countries, have been forced to cut short their visit in view of the popular anger over their insensitiveness at a time when thousands of Muzaffarnagar riot victims were still battling it out in the cold in relief camps. They will be returning to Lucknow this afternoon, three days ahead of schedule.
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