No one, on behalf govt resigned or apologised after Morbi Bridge Collapse: P Chidambaram

Express News Service

AHMEDABAD: Senior Congress Leader P Chidambaram blamed the Centre on Tuesday over the Morbi bridge collapse in poll-bound Gujarat.

Pointing out that Gujarat is ruled from Delhi and never by the chief minister, senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram at present whereas addressing a press convention in Ahmedabad mentioned “Morbi Bridge Collapse has introduced disgrace to the truthful title of Gujarat… The most stunning growth is that nobody, on behalf of the federal government, has apologized for the tragedy. No one has resigned taking duty.”

“The High Court of Gujarat has issued discover to the federal government. I hope the High Court will increase these questions and likewise different questions and get the solutions,” he mentioned.

Taking a dig at Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) authorities in Gujarat P. Chidambaram mentioned “The BJP government has been in office continuously since 1998. The current legislative assembly was elected in 2017. In the last six years of the BJP government, there have been three chief ministers – a clear indictment of the performance of the outgoing chief minister. If the elections were held in 2023, it is quite possible that  Bhupendra Patel would also be shown the door.”

P. Chidambaram additionally goal BJP excessive command by saying, “The cause for revolving door chief ministers is sort of easy: Gujarat shouldn’t be being ruled from Ahmedabad, it’s ruled from Delhi. Gujarat shouldn’t be ruled by the Chief Minister, it’s ruled by the duo of  Narendra Modi-Shri Amit Shah. Gujarat is a vassal state of Delhi.”

Chidambaram additionally slammed BJP’s double-engine slogan “ The boast of a double-engine government is an empty boast. Gujarat is a single bullock cart that is trudging on a mud path leaving behind vast sections of the people, especially the Scheduled Tribes, women, the youth and the poor.”

Chidambaram claimed Behind the phantasm of excessive progress, prosperity and social concord there are ugly information which are fastidiously hidden however which are well-known to the individuals of Gujarat. As per the final revealed knowledge, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is 29 (per 1000 stay births). The Under Five Mortality Rate is 31.

The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is 75 (per 1,00,000 stay births). Retail meals inflation in Gujarat is among the many highest within the nation. According to experiences, it was 11.5 per cent in August 2022. According to CMIE knowledge, the unemployment charge amongst youth aged 20-24 years in Gujarat is 12.49 per cent.

“Unemployment among the uneducated youth and low-education youth is extremely high. For example, the state government received 17 lakh applications for 3400 posts of Talati. The average wage rate in Gujarat is among the lowest in the country. For example, the wage of the construction worker in Gujarat is Rs 285 a day,” mentioned Chidambaram.

Chidambaram additionally ask the Gujarat individuals to vary authorities this time. “Any government and any party will be answerable and accountable to the people only if there is the fear of losing an election. That is why in all mature parliamentary democracies, the people change the government every few years or after a few terms.”

AHMEDABAD: Senior Congress Leader P Chidambaram blamed the Centre on Tuesday over the Morbi bridge collapse in poll-bound Gujarat.

Pointing out that Gujarat is ruled from Delhi and never by the chief minister, senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram at present whereas addressing a press convention in Ahmedabad mentioned “Morbi Bridge Collapse has introduced disgrace to the truthful title of Gujarat… The most stunning growth is that nobody, on behalf of the federal government, has apologized for the tragedy. No one has resigned taking duty.”

“The High Court of Gujarat has issued discover to the federal government. I hope the High Court will increase these questions and likewise different questions and get the solutions,” he mentioned.

Taking a dig at Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) authorities in Gujarat P. Chidambaram mentioned “The BJP government has been in office continuously since 1998. The current legislative assembly was elected in 2017. In the last six years of the BJP government, there have been three chief ministers – a clear indictment of the performance of the outgoing chief minister. If the elections were held in 2023, it is quite possible that  Bhupendra Patel would also be shown the door.”

P. Chidambaram additionally goal BJP excessive command by saying, “The cause for revolving door chief ministers is sort of easy: Gujarat shouldn’t be being ruled from Ahmedabad, it’s ruled from Delhi. Gujarat shouldn’t be ruled by the Chief Minister, it’s ruled by the duo of  Narendra Modi-Shri Amit Shah. Gujarat is a vassal state of Delhi.”

Chidambaram additionally slammed BJP’s double-engine slogan “ The boast of a double-engine government is an empty boast. Gujarat is a single bullock cart that is trudging on a mud path leaving behind vast sections of the people, especially the Scheduled Tribes, women, the youth and the poor.”

Chidambaram claimed Behind the phantasm of excessive progress, prosperity and social concord there are ugly information which are fastidiously hidden however which are well-known to the individuals of Gujarat. As per the final revealed knowledge, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is 29 (per 1000 stay births). The Under Five Mortality Rate is 31.

The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is 75 (per 1,00,000 stay births). Retail meals inflation in Gujarat is among the many highest within the nation. According to experiences, it was 11.5 per cent in August 2022. According to CMIE knowledge, the unemployment charge amongst youth aged 20-24 years in Gujarat is 12.49 per cent.

“Unemployment among the uneducated youth and low-education youth is extremely high. For example, the state government received 17 lakh applications for 3400 posts of Talati. The average wage rate in Gujarat is among the lowest in the country. For example, the wage of the construction worker in Gujarat is Rs 285 a day,” mentioned Chidambaram.

Chidambaram additionally ask the Gujarat individuals to vary authorities this time. “Any government and any party will be answerable and accountable to the people only if there is the fear of losing an election. That is why in all mature parliamentary democracies, the people change the government every few years or after a few terms.”