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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at Ahmedabad Civil hospital, Saturday. (Bhupendra Rana)
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that the Central government should fix accountability for the tragic crash of the Air India AI-171 flight on Thursday while emphasising that “we should wait” until the details from the black box emerge before fixing responsibility.
Kharge was speaking to reporters after meeting injured persons at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and said that the Centre must give compensation to the next of kin of the deceased and to the injured.
Kharge also visited the site of the crash along with senior Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil and Mukul Wasnik.
Asked who he thinks is responsible for the incident, Kharge said that people should wait for the details and analysis from the back box to come out. “On the spot, blaming someone is not right… in such times when people are still grieving… We will seek an inquiry too based on the findings of the black box. I don’t think it is right to blame anyone before that,” said Kharge, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
Kharge also paid tributes to the deceased and said that the “very big accident” in Ahmedabad “can never be forgotten”. “In such a time of crisis, it doesn’t suit someone to say that these things happen. We should support the people. Our Congress leaders have been assisting people for the last three to four days,” he said.
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