Modi’s strength is his direct communication with people.”
Mr Obama had said in an interview that the country may “start pulling apart” if the rights of minorities were not protected.
“It was a devastating scene, because the train was at high speed, full speed,” said Sudhanshu Sarangi, the chief of Odisha’s fire service, who had arrived at the scene.
Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked the National Congress building, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace.
“I am in Kevadia, but my heart goes out to the Morbi bridge collapse victims,” Mr Modi stated while visiting Kevadia, a city in Gujarat’s Narmada district.
