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Kanpur Train Accident: Congress Attacks Prime Minister Narendra Modi Over His ISI Remark
Indian rescue workers search for survivors in the wreckage of Patna-Indore express train. (SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP/GettyImages)
The Congress today (25 February) came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Kanpur train accident remark, asking why Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was allowed to investigate the Pathankot attack if it was guilty. Congress leader Tom Vadakkan expressed shock over discussing an intelligence report in a public rally, asking why nothing was done yet. He told ANI,
Resonating a similar sentiment, another Congress leader Shobha Oza condemned the Prime Minister for 'stooping down' and questioned the action taken in the Pathankot attack. She told ANI,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday (24 February) blamed conspirators sitting in Nepal for the November 2016 train derailment in Kanpur that claimed the lives of 149 people. "Kanpur rail accident in which hundreds were killed was a conspiracy and the conspirators carried it out sitting across the border (Nepal)," said the Prime Minister while addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda.
The National Investigation Agency had in February confirmed that Dubai-based Shamshul Huda was the "mastermind" for the sabotage behind the Indore-Patna Express train accident in Kanpur on 16 November 2016.
With Inputs From ANI.
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