Patna: As the death toll in anti-Bihari violence in Assam is on the rise, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav today (Nov 22) accused the Centre of abject callousness in addressing the problem.

Despite Assam Government's repeated request for adequate paramilitary forces, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government was reluctant to make them available to the strife-torn State, Yadav regretted.

The Centre is bound by the Constitution to fully support the State faced with an emergency situation like this, but the NDA Government seems least bothered, Yadav said addressing a joint press conference with his Chief Minister wife, Rabri Devi.

Yadav, who had a telephonic talk with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today, the second in as many days, said, ''I requested him to lead an all-party Parliamentary delegation on a goodwill mission to Assam to instill a sense of confidence and security among the Biharis.''

''I requested Advani to persuade leaders of all parties in Parliament to give a go-by to electioneering for a day and visit Assam as national unity and integrity is threatened by the unbridled violence unleashed by the separatist ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) against Biharis in Assam,'' he said.

Yadav said he would be leaving for New Delhi tomorrow (Nov 23) to apprise Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other leaders of the situation and to ask them to visit the State.

He said if Advani is not prepared to go, he would visit Assam with like-minded MPs on a goodwill mission.

PTI