Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls slated for next month, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking the ruling party’s accountability for the Morbi bridge mishap.
Addressing a public meeting here, Owaisi said, “If BJP takes credit for making Gujarat, they should also tell us who is responsible for making Morbi bridge where 140 people died due to collapse. But still, the company’s rich people are not caught. PM Modi, why do you love rich people?” Owaisi, who is on a Gujarat tour to garner some share of votes for his party in the upcoming assembly elections, has been attacking the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The AIMIM chief has been raising the issue of Morbi bridge accident and Bilkis Bano case.
In the Morbi incident, a total of 134 persons, including women and children, died when a British-era cable bridge over the Machchu river collapsed on October 30.
Tribal Party and Independent candidate won 2 and 3 seats respectively.
