Odisha train accident: Hardeep S Puri defends Railways Minister after Congress asks him to resign

Taking a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his asking for Union Railways Minister’s resignation over the Odisha train mishap, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Jammu on June 05 said that the Railways Minister has been reviewing the tragedy site from hours and have restored everything back in just 51 hours. “Statements that Rahul Gandhi makes in and outside the country, often leave me baffled and worried. I reminded him about the Nellie Massacre as well. 3,000 Sikh people died during that time. PM Modi went to visit that place. 3 Union Ministers were also there. And everything went back within 51 hours. The person to whom Rahul Gandhi is asking to resign is at the tragedy site since hours,” Puri said.The Balasore train incident has claimed 275 lives so far whereas almost 900 people have been injured. The catastrophe was caused due to the derailment of a train which lead to a collision between two passenger trains and a goods train. Amid all this, several Opposition leaders have been asking for Union Railways Minister’s resignation.