The decision to hand over the investigations of the Balasore train accident, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was part of the Narendra Modi government’s strategy of ‘headline management’ to divert attention from its own failures, the Congress alleged on June 6.
Addressing a press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate asked why no accountability had been fixed even after 96 hours of the accident.
“How is it that there is no accountability, no responsibility. Instead of finding out what caused this grave accident in which almost 300 people died, the government is now spinning conspiracy theories. It is shifting focus from safety to all kinds of conspiracy theories like deliberate interference,” she told reporters.
