Congress Guns for Vaishnav, Seeks His Resignation Over Stampede

Congress party on Sunday demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over the New Delhi railway station stampede, which killed 18 people including three children, saying that he had no "moral right" to continue in his position.

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Speaking at a press conference, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said the Railway Minister must take responsibility for the mishap and called on the central government to dismiss him.

"The Railway Minister should take responsibility for this accident and resign from his post immediately, or the government should dismiss him. In view of yesterday's mismanagement and massacre, the Railway Minister has no moral right to remain in his post," Shrinate asserted.

Accusing the Railway Minister of "hiding the death toll", the Congress leader said that commoners cannot be left vulnerable to a minister who claims the death of people to be a "minor incident".

"The common Indian cannot be left at the mercy of such a Railway Minister who calls the death of people a 'minor incident' and hides the death toll instead of expressing sympathy for the victims," Shrinate added.