'Efforts being made to save people responsible for Morbi bridge collapse'

Wankaner (Guj): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged efforts are being made to save the people responsible for the repair work of the Morbi suspension bridge which collapsed on October 30 killing more than 130 people.

He also said if AAP forms a government in Gujarat, it will construct a grand Morbi bridge.

Addressing people at Wankaner town in the Morbi district in Gujarat at a roadshow (tiranga yatra), Kejriwal said incidents like the Morbi bridge collapse will occur if the "double engine" of BJP is voted to power.

"Whatever happened in Morbi is very sad. There were 55 children among those 150 people who died. They could have been your children. Whatever happened is sad. But what is sadder is that efforts are being made to save the people responsible for the tragedy," the Delhi chief minister said.

As many as 135 people died after the British-era "jhulta pul" or the hanging cable bridge on the Machchhu river in

Morbi collapsed on Sunday evening.

"Why are you trying to save them? What is their relationship with them? They enjoy some relationship with them, isn't it? The Oreva Group and its owner responsible for renovating the ill-fated bridge have not been named in the FIR," the AAP's national convener said. He appealed to the people to vote for AAP en masse in the polls.

Gujarat will vote in two phases on December 1 and December 5. The counting of votes will be taken up on December 8.

Kejriwal said a storm of change is coming in Gujarat.

"We do not need a double engine but a new engine government. The double engine is rusted, it is old, and destroyed. If you bring a double engine, then the Morbi bridge will collapse. If you bring a new engine, we will construct a grand Morbi bridge," he said in an apparent dig at the ruling BJP.

Kejriwal said he has put in place a plan for Gujarat which includes the construction of a large number of hospitals, mohalla clinics and providing jobs to youths.