Monday, January 17 2005 20:16 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Patna: Former Railway Minister Nitish Kumar today (Jan 17, 2005) dubbed as 'political stunt' the U C Banerjee report on the Sabarmati train fire and said at no point of time he as Railway Minister or the Railway Ministry had expressed opinion on the causes of fire or who did it.

"Neither I as a Railway Minister in the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) Government nor the Railway Ministry had at any point of time expressed opinion on whether any inflammatory liquid was thrown from outside the S-6 coach or the fire was caused from inside and who were involved in the incident," Kumar told a section of media at the JDU (Janata Dal-United) headquarters when asked to react on the on the Godhra report.

The Gujarat Government had reacted to the causes of fire and not the Rail Minister or railway board, the JDU leader said.