"Unimaginable tragedy": Mallikarjun Kharge visits Air India plane crash site in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 14 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday visited the site of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, in which over 240 people were killed.
Calling the accident an 'unimaginable tragedy,' Kharge offered deepest condolences to the victims of the plane crash.
'Visited the crash site of the devastating aeroplane tragedy which has shaken the nation. My deepest condolences and thoughts are with the families of the victims, crew, pilot and people on the ground who have lost their lives, including medical students. It is an unimaginable tragedy. The country is mourning and our prayers are with the bereaved,' Kharge wrote on X
Kharge was accompanied by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Pawan Khera and others.
Earlier, Kharge said that it is not right to blame anyone for the plane crash, but 'whoever is responsible should be held accountable.'
'At the time of such a tragedy, no one should compete to take credit. Someone takes pictures, someone goes and meet people. We only want families to get courage to face sorrow. Now that the black box has been found, we will see what the outcome is, because it is not right to blame someone on the spot. Compensation should be given; apart from this, whoever is responsible should be held accountable,' Kharge said.
Kharge urged the party's workers to provide assistance to the people affected in the tragedy.
'I would request my party workers and leaders to keep helping the people. If they need anything, medicine or anything else which is not available here, they should arrange for that too,' he said.
The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers crashed in Meghaninagar area shortly after it took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday.
Only one person out of the 242 people on board survived the crash. As per Air India, the passengers comprised 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, one Canadian and seven Portuguese nationals. (ANI)
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