Nine dead, 1 injured as soil caves in at factory site in Gujarat's Mehsana; PM condoles incident
Mehsana, Oct 12: Nine labourers, including two women, were killed and one person was injured after soil caved in during construction of a stainless steel factory near Kadi town in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Saturday, police said.
The labourers had dug a 16-foot deep pit for a tank at the site in Jasalpur village when the incident took place, Kadi police station inspector Prahaladsinh Vaghela said.
"A rescue operation was carried out for around two hours involving teams from the fire brigade, police as well as labourers. Nine bodies were brought out from the heap, while one person was rescued. Most of the deceased are from Dahod, while three are from Rajasthan. They are in the 20-30 age group," Vaghela said.
They were engaged in construction work at the site of Steelinox Stainless Private Limited, the official added.
A statement issued by the PMO on X quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as saying the incident was "extremely sad".
"The accident caused by the wall collapse in Mehsana, Gujarat is extremely sad. My deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in this. May God give them the strength to bear this pain. Along with this, I wish for the speedy recovery of the injured. Under the supervision of the state government, the local administration is engaged in providing all possible help to the victims," the PM said.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, in a message on X, expressed condolences and said "procedures for rescue and quick treatment of the injured have been carried out by the administration".
An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakhs from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased in the mishap in Mehsana, Gujarat. Rs. 50,000 would be given to those injured. https://t.co/KUJqI32dEW
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 12, 2024
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BJP is 'party of terrorists': Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge
BJP calls Kharge's 'terrorists' barb his own reflection on Congress
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Oct 12: The BJP on Saturday hit back at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for calling the former a "party of terrorists", saying the opposition party which always supported terrorists is now levelling allegations against it.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the Congress which stood for orthodox Islamic practices like triple talaq, halala and hijab is now making all kinds of baseless remarks about the Hindu society.
This is the design of the urban Naxal mindset that Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about, Trivedi said.
Kharge had earlier called the BJP a "party of terrorists", as he hit back at Modi over his recent remarks that the opposition party was being run by a "gang of urban Naxals".
Union minister Giriraj Singh claimed that Kharge's remarks show his reflections on his own party as it was the Congress which always supported terrorists.
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Another Union minister, Pralhad Joshi, claimed Kharge "mistakenly" called the BJP a party of terrorists as a slip of tongue.
Taking to X, Joshi said, "It was Sonia Gandhi who shed tears for terrorists who died in Batla House. It was Congress which went soft on Afzal Guru. It was Congress which repealed POTA in 2004. It was their PM Manmohan Singh who shook hands with separatist militants."
Joshi also said it was under Modi that terrorist activities saw a significant decline.
BJP spokesperson C R Kesavan said Kharge's comments have exposed Congress' "prejudiced and toxic mindset and ideology of divide and rule", similar to that of the colonial British.
"The nation should not forget how the Congress equated terrorism with the Hindu community in 2013. It was no less then a Union minister in the Congress-led UPA government, Sushil Kumar Shinde, who derogatorily and demeaningly talked about Hindu terrorism," he said.
Mallikarjun Kharge mistakenly called BJP as Terrorist party by slip of tongue, however it was Sonia Gandhi who shed tears for terrorists who died in Batla House.
— Pralhad Joshi (@JoshiPralhad) October 12, 2024
It was congress which was soft on Afzal Guru.
It was congress who repealed POTA in 2004.
It was their PM Manmohan…
