Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled his October 17 visit to Sonepat amid the ongoing stalemate over the autopsy of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y Puran Kumar and mounting pressure on the Nayab Singh Saini government for failing to act on the demands of the deceased officer's family.

With Haryana ministers and senior officers failing to end the impasse before the PM's scheduled visit that now stands cancelled, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's trusted aides are learnt to be making concerted efforts to get the breakthrough.

PM Modi was slated to address the ‘Jan Vishwas-Jan Vikas’ programme in Sonepat and launch a number of new initiatives to mark the one year of the state government’s third term.

While no reason has been attributed for the changed plans, sources in the BJP admitte

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