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‘Man-made devastation, serious lapses’: Congress says Vaishnaw must quit
It alleged that the government has completely neglected safety and security of the railways.
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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw overseeing the restoration work at the accident spot in Odisha's Balasore. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
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‘Man-made devastation, serious lapses’: Congress says Vaishnaw must quit
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Arguing that the train accident in Odisha — the worst train tragedy in the country in two decades — was a “man-made devastation” caused by “utter negligence and serious lapses” in the system, the Congress on Sunday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. It alleged that the government has completely neglected safety and security of the railways.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party alleged, was responsible for creating an “all-is-well facade” in the Indian Railways, even as crucial, sensitive, and critical infrastructure languishes in neglect.
“We demand that PM Modi should accept part of the responsibility of this mess which his government has inflicted on the Indian Railways and our people,” Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil and AICC’s media head Pawan Khera said at a press conference.
“Recall that Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned in the wake of the November 1956 Ariyalur train disaster and Nitish Kumar did so following the ghastly August 1999 Gaisal train tragedy,” Congress communication head Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
“This is not a natural calamity. This is a man-made devastation caused by utter negligence, serious lapses in the system… PM Modi, who has announced the guilty would be punished, must start with his Railway minister. Unequivocally and unambiguously, we demand resignation of the Railway minister. Nothing short of it,” Khera said.
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