West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the railway ministry for recent rail accidents and asked will there be no end to “callousness”.
Condoling the death of passengers in the Mumbai-Howrah Mail train accident, the Trinamool Congress leader said in a post on X, “Another disastrous rail accident! Howrah- Mumbai mail derails in Chakradharpur division in Jharkhand today early morning, multiple deaths and huge number of injuries are the tragic consequences.”
Mamata asked, “I seriously ask: is this governance? This series of nightmares almost every week, this unending procession of deaths and injuries on railway tracks; for how long shall we tolerate this? Will there be no end to the callousness of Government of India?! My heart goes out to the bereaved families, condolences to the next of kin.”
Two people died and 20 others were injured after 18 coaches of the Mumbai-Howrah Mail derailed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 3:45 am near Badabamboo, around 80km from Jamshedpur.
The Trinamool Congress charged rail accidents have become a “new normal” under the BJP government and there is zero accountability from the railway minister. TMC MP Sagarika Ghose tweeted, “How many more train accidents shall it take for the Modi government to wake up from its slumber? People are suffering, people are being put through hardships and misery while the Modi government continues to escape accountability and responsibility for rail safety. We have a part-time rail minister as Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is too busy looking after election management in poll-bound states to bother too much with the railway ministry.”
