Team News Riveting
Kolkata, June 6
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) have locked horns over the tragic train accident in Balasore, Odisha that had claimed 288 lives and left thousands of people injured.
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari slammed Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her proposed event in Kolkata to hand over compensation to the kin of the victims.
“The relatives of people who were injured in Balasore train accident are being compelled to come to Netaji Indoor Stadium tomorrow because CM Mamata Banerjee will deliver a speech there and handover cheques to the injured and relatives of the deceased. It is shameful that they are being told to come to Kolkata. They have not even recovered from the trauma,” Adhikar tweeted.
Soon after the accident took place, Banerjee swung into action and visited the spot. She had been actively overseeing the treatment of the victims and made several announcements, including providing jobs to the injured. She also targeted the Narendra Modi government asserting the truth must not be suppressed.
Speaking on her visit to the hospital, Adhikari said that was just for a photoshoot and there was zero medical facility in Bengal. “…That (TMC) is not a party, it is a private limited company, with Mamata Banerjee as its chairman & Abhishek Banerjee as its Managing Director. Saugata Roy is an employee of that company, I defeated its owner,” he added.
Meanwhile, Banerjee castigated the Centre after Railway Board recommended a CBI inquiry into the Balasore train accident. She said people wanted to know the truth. It is not the time to suppress the truth, she added.
