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Delhi Car Blast Near Red Fort Prompts Calls for Home Minister’s Resignation

Opposition leaders accuse the government of a security lapse at a high-security site, demanding the home minister’s resignation.

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The TMC said every explosion, security lapse, and innocent lives lost expose the collapse of national security under the BJP. (ANI)
TMC's Mahua Moitra, AAP's Sanjay Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Congress leaders Supriya Shrinate and Priyank Kharge | ANI file photos
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Overview

  • Officials said a blast occurred in a slow-moving car at a traffic signal near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi on Monday evening, gutting several vehicles.
  • Initial reports differ on fatalities, with ThePrint/PTI citing 12 dead and India Today reporting 10.
  • Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge labeled Amit Shah “the most incompetent Home Minister” and alleged an intelligence failure while urging him to step down.
  • Karnataka Industries Minister M B Patil called the explosion a heinous act and a clear security failure given its proximity to a high-security zone, urging support for victims’ families.
  • Abhishek Banerjee sought an impartial, time-bound SIT probe and noted Delhi Police report to the Union Home Ministry, as Amit Shah visited the blast site.