New Delhi (IANS) | Raising questions over the Odisha train accident, the Congress on Sunday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ‘will there be any accountability for this colossal failure? Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said that the death toll in the accident is continuously increasing. More details are emerging about how this tragedy happened. He asked PM Modi whether there would be any accountability? Or will your government be saved from the responsibility of the biggest train tragedy?
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also targeted the central government. Jairam Ramesh said that yesterday we were silent out of respect. Today, my colleagues Shaktisinh Gohil and Pawan Kheda will question the Modi government on rail management, especially safety, which has been compromised in the PR campaign of the Prime Minister and the Railway Minister.
It may be noted that Lal Bahadur Shastri had resigned in November 1956 in the wake of the Ariyalur train accident and Nitish Kumar had also resigned in August 1999 after the gruesome gasel train accident.
The Congress leader’s remarks came a day after the Railways said that 288 people were killed and over 800 injured in a horrific train accident near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening. Are.
On Friday, 21 coaches of Coromandel Express and SMVP-Howrah Superfast Express derailed and overturned. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting in Delhi and also visited the accident site in Balasore.
He said that the injured would be provided better treatment and the culprits would not be spared. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has been camping at the Balasore accident site since Saturday morning.
–IANS
