The Prime Minister expressed his anguish while interacting with the BJP leaders, including the party's candidates, elected members and office-bearers in poll-bound Karnataka, through his mobile application
Prime Minister Narendra Modi/ File Pic
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his sympathies for the 13 children were killed and eight others injured when a train rammed into their school van at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district. He said that he was deeply "pained" by the incident.
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The Prime Minister expressed his anguish while interacting with the BJP leaders, including the party's candidates, elected members and office-bearers in poll-bound Karnataka, through his mobile application.
Modi said he was "deeply pained" over the incident and added the Uttar Pradesh government and the Railways would take necessary action.
"As I was coming to you, I got the sad news from Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar about the train ramming into a school bus in which children were travelling (and that) many children have been killed.
"It's a very sad news that I got as I came here," he said.
"The Uttar Pradesh government will take necessary action, the Railway department will take necessary action," the Prime Minister added.
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Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from PTI
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