Cong labels 'derailment sarkar' tag after 3 accidents

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Sep 07 2017 | 9:32 PM IST
The Congress today attacked the government over back-to-back train derailments, and said the Modi dispensation should be renamed as "derailment sarkar".
Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said railway safety was in shambles in the country as daily train accidents pose a grave threat to passenger safety.
"Third derailment in 24 hours. Who is accountable? "How many derailments will it take for the Railway Ministry to sit up and take notice?" asked the Congress on its official Twitter handle.
Three trains jumped off the tracks in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Maharashtra within a span of nine hours today, the latest in a string of such incidents which saw the exit of Suresh Prabhu as railway minister in the Cabinet reshuffle last Sunday.
Luckily, barring injury to a passenger in the accident in the national capital, no casualties were reported in other incidents.
Surjewala said, "3rd train derailment today. Safety in shambles. Modi Sarkar should be renamed as 'Derailment Sarkar'!"
After the second derailment, he said daily train accidents exposed the grave threat to passenger safety as the Railway Ministry remained in "deep slumber".
"Another train accident caused by derailment in U.P. Post reshuffling of cards, when will we have passenger safety measures in place?" he asked on Twitter.
Surjewala also accused the Railways of "criminal negligence".

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First Published: Sep 07 2017 | 9:32 PM IST

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