New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought to dismiss suggestions that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's absence from her Ministry was the reason for recurrence of train accidents.
Replying to reporters who asked whether it’s time India should switch to a full-time rail minister, Mukherjee said he did not think so. 'Accidents are accidents. Nobody can predict them and that's why it is an accident,' he stated. This is the second railway accident in less than two months.
More than 60 people are feared dead and 90 injured in the early morning collision between Uttarbanga Express and Vananchal Express that took place at Sainthia station in Birbhum district of West Bengal.
Meanwhile, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has condoled the loss of lives in the train accident in Sainthia and conveyed her deep condolences to the bereaved families. She has also wished speedy recovery to the injured.
On May 28, 148 people had lost their lives in another accident in the state when the Gyaneshwari express had been derailed near Jhargram, with the Railway minister alleging a 'political conspiracy' behind it.
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