Cong for probe into Kanpur train tragedy

The Congress party on Saturday demanded a thorough probe into the Kanpur train tragedy, accuseing the Prime Minister of doing 'low-level politicking' by using such sensitive matters to attack political opponents.

The party's attack comes a day after PM Narendra Modi said at a rally in UP's Gonda that the Kanpur railway accident, in which 150 people lost their lives in November last year, was a conspiracy which was hatched across the border.

"It does not suit the stature of the PM to comment on an ongoing investigation and influence it while speaking in an election rally. By making this a political tool to attack his opponents, Modi has again stooped to extremely low level of politicking," Congress' senior spokesperson C P Joshi said. "We demand that a firm, proper and fair investigation take place in this incident and the guilty (whosoever it may be) must be brought to book," he said. Accusing Modi of trying to divide the society in Uttar Pradesh on communal lines, he said people of the state will not take such language lying down and will give a united and a befitting reply to the BJP.