Images of the repair work have given the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party ammunition to attack the BJP ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the civil hospital in Morbi, Gujarat, where victims of the suspension bridge collapse are being treated. The Congress said that all preparations are being made to ensure that the prime minister will be captured well in the alleged photos of the civil hospital reconstruction.
Calling the repair work an “event of tragedy”, Congress tweeted, “They are not ashamed! So many people died and they are preparing for an event.”
AAP's official Twitter account posted a video of the hospital's walls being painted prior to Modi's arrival.
“Morbi Civil Hospital is being painted overnight so that the poor condition of the building does not get exposed tomorrow during PM Modi's photoshoot,” The AAP tweeted. “141 people have died, hundreds are missing, no action has been taken against the real culprits, but the BJP has to cover up by doing photoshoots.”
Toll climbs to 142
The toll in the pedestrian bridge collapse in Morbi, Gujarat, climbed to 142 on Monday, with rescue agencies saying they were still looking for several missing people. Officials put the number of people undergoing treatment at various hospitals at more than 130.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat, cancelled a roadshow in Ahmedabad but continued with his scheduled events on Monday. He spoke at Kevadia, near the Statue of Unity, on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and addressed another rally at Banaskantha in the north of Gujarat.
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