Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee The Supreme Court on Wednesday demanded a judicial commission under the Supreme Court to probe the Gujarat bridge collapse incident in which at least 130 people were killed.
He said that the accountability for the Morbi bridge collapse should be fixed.
The Bengal Chief Minister alleged that the BJP government in Gujarat has failed to help the family members of the deceased as it is busy with the upcoming state elections.
Talking to reporters before leaving for Chennai to attend a family gathering of West Bengal Governor La Ganesan, Banerjee also wondered why central probe agencies like CBI and ED could not arrest those responsible for the tragic incident. have been.
However, the chief minister said she would not indulge in politics over the issue as “people’s lives are more important”.
“I am shocked by this incident. I express my condolences to the family members of those who have lost their lives… I will not speak anything about politics. People’s life is more important than politics. I think That there should be a judicial commission under this. The Supreme Court will investigate the Gujarat bridge collapse.”
The TMC supremo and the party has often blamed the BJP-led government at the Center for using central agencies against the opposition parties.
He said, “Those who have done the restoration work of the bridge should be held responsible. Why are the ED, CBI and other agencies not taking action against those responsible for the collapse? They are only taking action against the common people.” Let’s do it. Accountability should be fixed.” ,
However, he took a dig at the BJP for criticizing similar incidents in Bengal and said, “There are many bridges in Bengal. We have many instances of bridges collapsing here but we rose to the occasion and automatically unlike the Gujarat government.” assisted by.” Which is not able to help the victims as it is busy in the upcoming election.” He said the erstwhile Left Front government in the state had neglected the bridges. This led to the collapse of the main Majerhat bridge in the city in 2018, in which three People lost their lives and 24 were injured.
Banerjee declined to comment when pointed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2016 “act of fraud” remarks after the Vivekananda Road flyover under construction in the city collapsed during the 2016 state election.
27 people were killed and many others were injured in this incident, “I will not say anything about PM (Narendra Modi) as Gujarat is his (home) state. I will not talk about politics.”
He alleged that the families of the victims were not being given proper compensation. “I want those who have lost their family members in the accident, they should be compensated well or provided jobs. I have heard that the dead body of the boy who died in Morbi bridge collapse is at his house (West). I was sent back. Bengal) like a beggar. There is no coordination and cooperation. I believe this matter should be addressed from a humanitarian point of view,” she said.
Banerjee also expressed her desire to meet the family members of those killed in the Morbi bridge accident. “But if I go, they (BJP) will say that I am going to do politics there. But if given a chance, I will go.”
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