Union Railway Minister Nitish Kumar has started the blame game again.
If one believes Kumar, most of the railway accidents are due to sabotage and the responsibility should be fixed on agencies entrusted with maintaining law and order.
These agencies, claims Kumar, have been passing the buck to the railways.
Talking to the media after attending a two-day workshop on 'Safety on Indian Railways' Nitish said, "This (sabotage) is a new aspect and is largely the responsibility of the law and order enforcing agencies to check and monitor."
Asked if it was the state government or the Union home ministry that was responsible for law order, Nitish said, "We have discussed the issue both with the state and Centre's law enforcing agencies and there were suggestions for specialised patrolling on tracks."
But in the same breath he said the railways do not have the expertise to carry out such patrols.
Nitish said he will undertake a yatra to implement safety measures after the monsoon session of Parliament got over.