West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sought a judicial fee underneath the Supreme Courtroom to probe the Gujarat bridge collapse, which left not less than 130 folks lifeless.
Accountability for the Morbi bridge collapse needs to be fastened, she mentioned.
The Bengal chief minister alleged that the BJP authorities in Gujarat has failed to assist members of the family of the lifeless as it’s busy with the approaching state election.
Banerjee, who was chatting with reporters earlier than emplaning for Chennai to attend a household gathering of West Bengal Governor La Ganesan, additionally questioned why central investigation businesses just like the CBI and ED will not be arresting these answerable for the tragic incident.
The chief minister, nevertheless, mentioned she won’t bask in politics over the problem as “folks’s lives are extra essential”.
“I’m shocked on the incident. I categorical my condolences to the members of the family of those that have misplaced their lives … I can’t discuss something about politics. Individuals’s lives are extra essential than politics. I believe there needs to be a judicial fee underneath the Supreme Courtroom to look into the Gujarat bridge collapse,” Banerjee mentioned.
The TMC supremo and the occasion has typically held the BJP-led authorities on the Centre answerable for utilizing the central businesses in opposition to opposition events.
“Those that have labored to renovate the bridge needs to be held accountable. Why are the ED, CBI, and different businesses not taking motion in opposition to these answerable for the collapse? They take motion in opposition to solely widespread folks. Accountability needs to be fastened,” she mentioned.
She, nevertheless, took a dig on the BJP for criticising comparable incidents in Bengal and mentioned, “Bengal has many bridges. Now we have had many cases of bridge collapse right here however we had risen to the event and offered assist spontaneously not like the Gujarat authorities, which has not been in a position to assist the victims as it’s busy with the approaching election.” She mentioned that the erstwhile Left Entrance authorities within the state had uncared for the bridges. It led to the collapse of the arterial Majherhat bridge within the metropolis in 2018 which claimed three lives and left 24 injured.
Banerjee declined to remark when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2016 “act of fraud” remark following the collapse of the under-construction Vivekananda Street flyover within the metropolis in the course of the 2016 state election was identified to her.
The incident had led to the loss of life of 27 folks and left many others injured “I received’t say something concerning the PM (Narendra Modi) as Gujarat is his (house) state. I’ll not speak about politics,” she asserted.
With inputs from News18