The Centre and the Opposition have been engaged in a verbal spat over the collapse of the roof of Delhi Airport Terminal 1, with the Congress claiming that the government’s infrastructure development was “substandard construction works marked by corruption.”
The Congress attacked the Modi administration, accusing it of “criminal negligence” and “corruption” for the poor quality of infrastructure built in the previous ten years. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on X that “the collapse of shoddy infrastructure falling like a deck of cards, in the past 10 years of Modi Government, is responsible for corruption and criminal negligence.”
“Delhi Airport (T1) roof collapse, Jabalpur airport roof collapse, Abysmal condition of Ayodhya’s new roads, Ram Mandir leakage, cracks in Mumbai Trans Harbour Link road, 13 new bridges falling down in Bihar in 2023 & 2024, Pragati Maidan Tunnel submerging, Morbi bridge collapse tragedy in Gujarat, … are some stark instances which expose the tall claims by Modi ji and BJP of creating ‘World Class Infrastructure’,” he stated.
He remarked on March 10th, when Modi ji opened the Delhi Ariport T1, he termed himself “Doosri mitti ka insaan…”.
“All this phoney bravery and hyperbole was solely reserved for rapidly indulging in ribbon-cutting celebrations before Elections. We send our sincere sympathies to the victims of the tragedy at the Delhi airport. They suffered the most from a corrupt, incompetent, and self-serving government, Kharge said.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of the Congress, also criticised Modi, questioning if “the prime inauguration minister will take responsibility for these substandard construction works marked by corruption.”
“Is the veil finally lifting from BJPs Chanda lo, Chanda lo corruption model,” she inquired.
