The accident took place in the Phansidewa area of Darjeeling district on Monday. At least eight people died and over 25 people were injured in the accident.
Hitting back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for doing "politics" over the Kanchenjunga express accident, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said that the Bengal CM should refrain from politicizing the matter.
Expressing grief over the Kanchenjunga express, Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday said that he will visit the injured people in the hospital.