Mallikarjun Kharge, the Chief of Congress Party, charges an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh accident that occurred on Thursday. He claimed that the Modi government should take responsibility for the “massive lapses that have plagued the Indian Railway.”
Kharge attacked PM Modi and said that he only had time for self-publicity; he even said that the Modi government is not working for a safe journey for the passengers on the Indian railway. He even provided the deepest condolences to the family members of the people who have lost their lives. “The derailment of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express in UP is yet another instance of how the Modi government has systematically jeopardized rail safety. Our deepest condolences to the families of the bereaved, and our thoughts and prayers are with the injured," he wrote on X.
"A month ago, 11 people lost their lives when a goods train collided with the Sealdah-Agartala Kanchanjunga Express. The Commissioner of Railway Safety has said that the accident was "waiting to happen. Failure of automatic signal, lapses at multiple levels in managing operations, and non-availability of critical safety equipment such as walkie-talkie with the loco pilot and train manager are some of the reasons cited for collision in the probe report," he said. He even highlighted the reasons and failures of the government in providing the facilities to the Indian Railway so that accidents could be avoided and passengers' lives could be saved.
Kharge urged that the Kavach anti-collision system be installed on all the railway routes for the protection of all passengers while traveling.
PM Narendra Modi and his Railway Minister, who leave no opportunity for self-publicity, must take direct responsibility for the massive lapses that have plagued the Indian Railways. Our single demand is that the Kavach anti-collision system be installed expeditiously on all routes across India to ensure enhanced safety measures and prevent accidents," he added on the post.
According to the reports, eight coaches of the train got derailed from the train near the UP’s Gonda area. There are two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). For the rescue and relief work of the people, the Uttar Pradesh administration sent the NDRF team on time to successfully rescue the people. Other than that, several UP government officials and senior railway members have also reached the spot of the accident to manage the problem.