Surat (Gujarat), May 26 -- : Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela on Sunday sought the resignation of Mayor Jagdish Patel and Police Commissioner Satish Sharma in the wake of the coaching centre blaze which claimed the lives of 20 people, mostly students.
Speaking to ANI, Vaghela said, "The mayor and municipal commissioner should resign on moral grounds."
"It was a man-made disaster. Who gave necessary permission to the establishment? It is the moral duty of the concerned officers to follow the rules. Lives could have been saved if fire brigades had sufficient water in their tanks. This must be investigated," he added.
He further claimed that the best example of the corruption prevalent in the present government is the fire ...