Rahul Gandhi condoles deaths in Rae Bareli NTPC boiler blast

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday expressed sadness at the boiler blast in the NTPC unit in Rae Bareli, the Lok Sabha constituency of his mother and party President Sonia Gandhi, and condoled the deaths. He also urged the administration to help the injured.

"I am saddened by the incident at the Rae Bareli's NTPC plant. My heartfelt condolences with the family of the dead. I request the administration to help the injured immediately," Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.

At least eight persons were killed and more than 40 injured in an explosion at a boiler unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district on Wednesday evening.

--IANS

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