Digvijaya Singh demands Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel's resignation

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has demanded the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel over the Morbi bridge collapse tragedyA Congress delegation led by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Gujarat party president Jagdish Thakor and former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh visited Morbi on Monday a day after the suspension bridge over the Machchhu river collapsedRajkot Range Inspector General Ashok Yadav told PTI on Monday that 134 people were killed after the bridge collapsed on Sunday eveningAlso read Digvijaya Singh opts out of Congress prez race to back KhargeTalking to reporters on Monday Digvijaya Singh claimed it was a governmentmade tragedy and demanded that the state chief minister resign on moral groundsI dont want to do politics but I have learnt that BJP ministers MPs collector and Morbi district superintendent of police were holding a meeting at a nearby place when the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening They did not stop the meeting to come here the Congress veteran further claimedSingh also asked how the bridge was thrown open for the public without any fitness certificate from the authoritiesThis is not a manmade but a governmentmade tragedy and the Gujarat CM must apologise to the public and tender his resignation Why were so many people allowed to come on the bridge The liability must be fixed and culprits must be arrested at the earliest he addedPolice on Monday arrested nine persons including four from the Oreva group that was managing the suspension bridge and filed a case against firms tasked with maintenance and operation of the Britishera structureVideo footage emerged of the moments before Sunday evenings deadly collapse showing the bridge snapping in a few seconds taking down scores of visitors seen walking on the swaying structure which had reopened six days ago after extensive repair but sans a fitness certificateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever