Nitish flays union minister over train mishap
23 Aug 2013 5:08 AM IST
With the Railways blaming the Bihar government for the train disaster at Dhamara Ghat in Khagaria district which claimed 28 lives, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday dubbed minister of state, Railways, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhury’s remarks in this as ‘highly irresponsible.’
‘From the newspaper report his statement in this regard appears highly irresponsible,’ Kumar told reporters. ‘By giving such comments he has made a fool of himself,’ Kumar said, in angry response to the minister’s remarks.
Chaudhury who had visited the accident site past midnight on Monday and also met the injured at Khagaria hospital before returning to Delhi via Patna yesterday, had blamed the Bihar government for the Saharsa-Patna Rajya Rani Express mowing down pilgrims.
He told reporters at Jaiprakash Narayan Airport that ‘the local administration did not alert the Railways about the large congregation of pilgrims for the mela (fair) at the Katayani temple so that we could have taken some measures’.
‘There was no proper coordination by the local administration with the Railways for making the necessary arrangement in view of the fair at the temple on the last Monday of Shrawan,’ Chaudhury had added.
‘From the newspaper report his statement in this regard appears highly irresponsible,’ Kumar told reporters. ‘By giving such comments he has made a fool of himself,’ Kumar said, in angry response to the minister’s remarks.
Chaudhury who had visited the accident site past midnight on Monday and also met the injured at Khagaria hospital before returning to Delhi via Patna yesterday, had blamed the Bihar government for the Saharsa-Patna Rajya Rani Express mowing down pilgrims.
He told reporters at Jaiprakash Narayan Airport that ‘the local administration did not alert the Railways about the large congregation of pilgrims for the mela (fair) at the Katayani temple so that we could have taken some measures’.
‘There was no proper coordination by the local administration with the Railways for making the necessary arrangement in view of the fair at the temple on the last Monday of Shrawan,’ Chaudhury had added.
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