Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Sunday accused Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of “fooling Mumbaikars to shield the culprits behind countless deaths” in various recent mishaps that took places in the metropolis due to “sheer negligence” of the Maharashtra Government and Brihanmumbai Municpal Corporation (BMC).
Referring to the Foot Over Bridge (FOB) collapse near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Termius (CSMT) in which six persons were killed and 30 others injured and three major mishaps witnessed in the city in the recent past, Nirupam said: “ In each of the cases, it’s the smaller officers who have been made the scapegoats while the bigger officials who have been involved have gotten away scot free”.
Alluding to the unfortunate Kamala Mills mishap in 14 innocent Mumbaikars were killed and 55 others injured in December 2017, Nirupam said that while the chief minister ordered BMC Chief Ajoy Mehta to take strong action against erring officials immediately.
