Accountability of railway ministry, central govt should be fixed: Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday expressed condolences to the families of the deceased following the derailment of the Assam bound North-East Express train a day ago

Recalling the accident earlier this year in June in Odisha’s Balasore, Kharge pointed out that the accountability of the Railway Ministry and the Central Government should be fixed in such types of incidents.

Claiming that over 100 people were injured in Wednesday night’s train derailment, Kharge took to X to post in Hindi, “The news of North-East Express going from New Delhi to Assam derailed in Buxar, Bihar is very painful. Many people have lost their lives and more than 100 people have been injured in this horrific accident.