Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Shillong's NEIGRIHMS

Shillong (Meghalaya), Mar 5 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday inaugurated the 'North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Medical Sciences' (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong.

During her one-day visit; Gandhi is scheduled to attend a host of other programmes as well to mark the 125th anniversary of the Indian National Congress.

Congress President will also address a rally at the Polo Grounds and visit the Don Bosco Museum, besides interacting with senior Congress party leaders in the state.

The Special Protection Guard (SPG) team that arrived here from New Delhi is monitoring the security arrangements at all places where Sonia Gandhi is expected to visit.

Securitymen, accompanied by bomb squads and sniffer dogs, were seen patrolling the streets and sanitizing the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) campus, Polo Ground and the premises of the Don Bosco Museum. (ANI)