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Vibha Sharma
New Delhi, October 31
The ruling BJP on Monday cancelled its political programmes, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s highway present in poll-bound Gujarat, within the wake of the Morbi bridge tragedy. The PM might be visiting the tragedy-struck Morbi on Tuesday to take inventory of the scenario.
Reports that the “newly-renovated bridge was thrown open without a fitness certificates” led to the Opposition pointing fingers on the BJP authorities, accusing it of negligence. With elections to the Gujarat Assembly anticipated quickly, PM Modi’s assertion following the collapse of a flyover in Kolkata in 2016 too got here to hang-out the BJP.
The Congress demanded a judicial probe into the mishap contemplating the bridge was opened on October 26 (Gujarati New Year) after repairs. “This is no time for politics but is critical to fix responsibility in the matter,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge mentioned.
However, tweeting on the incident, a number of opposition leaders performed on the phrase the Prime Minister used at a rally whereas lampooning the Mamata Banerjee authorities in West Bengal after the Vivekananda Road flyover collapsed in Kolkata to query if Morbi was an “act of God or an act of fraud”.
“Modi ji, is the Morbi bridge accident an Act of God or Act of Fraud,” Congress chief Digvijaya Singh questioned quoting his assertion. Y Sathish Reddy of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and Manoj Singh of the Samajwadi Party additionally referred to the time when PM Modi referred to as the flyover collapse in Kolkata “act of fraud” and never “an act of God.”
Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala termed the incident a man-made tragedy and referred to as the BJP authorities in Gujarat “guilty”.
“This is not a natural accident, it is a man-made tragedy. The BJP government of Gujarat is directly guilty of this heinous crime,” Surjewala mentioned, additionally attacking PM Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over the compensation introduced for the deceased kin.
“PM and CM cannot evade their responsibility by announcing Rs 2 lakh compensation for the lives of Gujarati brothers and sisters,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, quoting some tweets of AAP leaders, BJP’s Kapil Mishra alleged “conspiracy”.
AAP leaders dismissed it as an try and “evade responsibility and digress attention from the terrible tragedy”. “Who is Kapil Mishra,” questioned AAP chief Naresh Balyan, claiming that Mishra, who was “kicked out by AAP,” was solely attempting to “remain politically relevant”.
“Many BJP leaders are joining AAP in Gujarat,” Balyan mentioned, explaining the context behind his tweet.
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