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India’s opposition calls for resignation of railway minister

today17 February, 2025

Background

In New Delhi – calls are growing for the resignation of India’s railway minister – a day after 18 people were killed in a stampede at an overcrowded railway station in the capital city. The youngest victim was seven years old and the oldest 79. A probe is underway but the opposition claims the government is suppressing details of the tragedy, as Sreoshi Mukherjee reports.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen