Don’t want to politicise Gujarat bridge tragedy: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday declined to blame anybody for bridge collapse tragedy in Gujarat, saying he doesn’t want to politicise it.”I don’t want to politicise this incident. People have died and it is disrespectful to them to politicise it,” he said in reply to a question at a press conference in Rangareddy district near Hyderabad during Bharat Jodo Yatra.The Congress MP was asked who he would blame for the bridge collapse at Morbi which claimed more than 130 lives.Replying to queries about Gujarat elections, he exuded confidence that the Congress will emerge victorious. He also claimed that there is strong anti-incumbency in Gujarat.”Congress is fighting effectively. It will win. There is strong anti-incumbency,” he said.He did not agree that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has any presence on the ground.”AAP is only in air. It’s not there on ground,” he said adding that a false impression is being created about AAP’s strength.The Congress leader said Party president Mallikarjun Kharge will decide his role in the elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. “Kharge Ji will decide how I am going to be utilised,” he said.


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