Blaming the Narendra Modi government for the ghastly train accident in Odisha, senior Congress leader Chinta Mohan has alleged that the government was under reporting the death toll and claimed that more than 500 people died in the train crash.
Speaking to the media at Puthalapattu near Chittoor on June 4, Mr. Mohan demanded that Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw take moral responsibility for the accident and quit.
“More than 80% of the passengers who died in the accident were migrant workers travelling in overcrowded general compartments. Unchecked privatisation of crucial departments in the Railways and non-filling up of over one lakh vacant posts in the Safety and Signalling Departments has contributed to the tragedy,” he said.
