The Congress leader spoke to IANS on an array of issues including stampedes, love jihad law and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee’s announcement to contest the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls alone. He said that Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw should tender his resignation taking responsibility for the incident in New Delhi. The incident occurred as a huge crowd gathered to board trains to Prayagraj for the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela and the late arrival of the Swatantrata Senani Express and Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express triggered panic leading to the stampede. Khan said the Maharashtra government forming a seven-member committee for Love Jihad and Anti conversion law is doing this to hide its \”failures\” \”The government does not talk about farmer issues, unemployment, they indulge in polarisation to distract the people from their failures,\” he said. The Congress leader slammed the state government alleging mismanagement of the crowd and inappropriate arrangements.
