No politics behind meeting with Kolkata victims: Rahul

Kolkata

Later Gandhi met the injured people in the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and said he had come here to extend his support.

“There has been a tragedy here. I have come here to give them whatever little support I can provide,” Gandhi said after meeting the injured in the hospital. When asked to comment on the allegations of lapses in the construction of the flyover, Gandhi said, “I have come here to meet the injured. I’ll not talk about politics.” Gandhi, accompanied by state Congress President Adhir Chowdhury and party leader Deepa Dasmunsi, earlier talked to NDRF officials at the accident site. Police last night arrested three top officials of the Hyderabad based construction company which was building the flyover and slapped murder charges on them.

BJP slams Congress Vice President’s visit

BJP on Saturday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his visit to the site of the flyover collapse in Kolkata, calling it a “photo-op” which is the “lifeline” of the politics of the Congress Vice President. The party also asked him to explain his stand on awarding the contract for the flyover to an allegedly blacklisted firm by the then CPI(M) government in West Bengal, questioning if the alliance between Congress and the Left there is based on the “foundation of corruption”.    

“Rahul Gandhi is known for photo-ops. That is his politics. His political lifeline is photo-op,” BJP National Secretary and West Bengal co-incharge Sidharth Nath Singh said reacting to the visit.