Aaditya Thackeray, leader of Shiv Sena UBT, criticized Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on social media following a stampede at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus that left nine people injured on Sunday morning.
Thackeray expressed his disappointment with Vaishnaw’s management of the railway sector, stating, "Wish the reel minister was a rail minister for once. The incident at Bandra only reflects how incapable the current Railways Minister is." He also commented on the BJP’s appointment of Vaishnaw as an election in-charge for Maharashtra. "The bjp has made Ashwini Vaishnav ji, a prabhari for bjp Maharashtra for elections, but every week there are some incidents and accidents that occur with the railways. Such a shame that our country has been forced under such incapable ministers," Thackeray added.
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The stampede occurred around 5:56 a.m. on Platform No. 1 as a large crowd gathered to board the Bandra-Gorakhpur Express, scheduled to depart at 5:10 a.m. The overcrowding on the platform led to panic, which escalated into a rush that resulted in the stampede.
Among those injured, seven individuals were reported to be in stable condition, including Shabbir Abdul Rehman (40), Parmeshwar Sukhdar Gupta (28), Ravindra Harihar Chuma (30), Ramsevak Ravindra Prasad Prajapati (29), Sanjay Tilakram Kangay (27), Divyanshu Yogendra Yadav (18), and Mohammad Shareef Shaikh (25). However, two others, Indrajith Sahani (19) and Noor Mohammad Shaikh (18), remain in critical condition and are under close medical care.
Visulas from Bandra Terminus
Visulas from the K B Bhabha Municipal General Hospital