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After accident, blame game begins
The Morning Standard
|June 19, 2024
Railways says accidents have reduced in 10 years; Cong asks railway minister to resign
EVEN as chief commissioner of railway safety (CRS) Janak Kumar Garg began an inquiry into the train accident in West Bengal, a political tussle erupted over the incident on Tuesday, with the Congress demanding the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and the government putting up a counter saying 121 people had died during Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's tenure as railway minister in 2013-14 in nine accidents.
A goods train rammed into Kanchanjunga express on Monday near New Jalpaiguri, killing 10 people.
This story is from the June 19, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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