Priyanka Gandhi demands resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav
New Delhi (IANS) | The Congress on Sunday intensified its attack on the BJP over the Odisha train accident. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said accountability should be fixed and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav should resign. Priyanka tweeted that more than 24 hours have passed since the horrific train accident in Balasore, Odisha. Shouldn’t the accountability of people in top positions be fixed on human and moral grounds?
Who is responsible for ignoring the warnings and suggestions of experts, parliamentary committees, CAG reports? Whose responsibility will be fixed for the vacant posts in Railways and paucity of funds in critical areas? Following the moral path of Lal Bahadur Shastri ji, Nitish Kumar ji, Madhav Rao Scindia ji, shouldn’t the railway minister resign?
His remarks came soon after the Congress held a press conference and demanded the resignation of the railway minister.
Congress leaders Pawan Kheda and Shaktisinh Gohil cited several internal reports of the Railways.
At least 275 people were killed and over 1,000 injured when 21 coaches of the Coromandel Express and SMVP-Howrah Superfast Express and a goods train collided and derailed near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha’s Balasore on Friday evening. Went.
–IANS
