Rahul Gandhi trains guns on govt over Noida techie's death: 'TINA'

Rahul Gandhi

• Rahul Gandhi cites lack of accountability for Noida engineer's fatal car accident
• UP govt sacks Noida Authority CEO, forms SIT to probe the fatal incident
• Victim died from asphyxia and cardiac arrest after car fell into water pit

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the government over the death of a Noida-based software engineer whose car plunged into a water-filled pit in Sector 150.

Criticising the government, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said that India's urban collapse is not about lack of money, technology, or solutions but about the lack of accountability.

"Roads kill, bridges kill, fires kill, water kills, pollution kills, corruption kills, indifference kills. India's urban collapse isn't about lack of money, technology, or solutions," Rahul said.

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India’s urban collapse isn’t about lack of money, technology, or solutions. It’s about lack of accountability. TINA : There Is No Accountability. pic.twitter.com/68d1JgNw5z — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 20, 2026

He even used the term TINA to assert that unfortunate incidents do not always take place due to lack of money or solutions but because 'There is no accountability'.

Sharing a video carrying the remarks of an eyewitness on X, Rahul added, " ... It's about lack of accountability. TINA : There Is No Accountability". In the video, the eyewitness is heard saying timely action could have saved the 27-year-old.

Yuvraj Mehta was returning home from his office in Gurgaon when his car fell into a deep, water-filled pit near an under-construction site on January 16. He died after frantically pleading for help for over two hours.

The techie's father accused the police and other agencies of delay in rescuing his son. He said that even though his son was alive and shouting for help when policemen reached the spot, they did not know how to swim. His body was recovered after a prolonged search operation involving the fire department, police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday sacked Noida Authority CEO Lokesh M. Taking cognisance of the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the constitution of a high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the circumstances leading to the accident and submit a report within five days.

As per the postmortem conducted on Monday, Mehta died due to asphyxia followed by cardiac arrest. The report noted that his nose was blocked with mud and water, indicating drowning.