Oppn seeks probe and fixing of accountability

Opposition parties have demanded an inquiry into the collapse of the bridge in Gujarat's Morbi. They said accountability should be fixed for the catastrophe. Opposition leaders also demanded to know the credentials of the private company which was allowed to repair the British-era suspension bridge and asked how it was reopened to the public without a fitness certificate.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, "an inquiry headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or high court should be instituted to find how the bridge collapsed 5-6 days after it was inaugurated and who allowed so many people there."

Congress' Digvijaya Singh, who reached the accident spot, shot off many questions and took a dig at PM Modi by asking if the collapse was "an act of God or an act of fraud", re-cycling the very phrase Modi used to target the Mamata Banerjee government when the Vivekananda Road flyover in Kolkata collapsed in 2016, before the assembly polls.


The Trinamool Congress slammed the Gujarat government and asked Modi and the state government to own up responsibility for the collapse. The party released the 2016 video of Modi's speech, mocking the Mamata government with his taunt. Trinamool asked whether Modi would similarly call the Morbi tragedy an "act of fraud."

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury asked how the bridge was reopened without a fitness certificate.