Bengaluru stampede: CM Siddaramaiah name-drops ‘Maha Kumbh’, says ‘such incidents happened at many locations’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief ministerSiddaramaiah on Wednesday whereas saying he didn’t “want to defend” the Bengaluru stampede that claimed 11 lives, additionally stated “many stampedes have occurred”. As the chief minister stated his “government will not do politics on the incident”, he additionally name-dropped Kumbh Mela at the press convention. “I don’t want to defend this incident. Our government will not do politics on this. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry and given 15 days. People even broke the gates of the stadium. There was a stampede. No one expected such a huge crowd. The stadium has a capacity of only 35,000 people, but 2-3 lakh people came,” CM Siddaramaiah stated.However, whereas responding to questions on BJP’s prices of “gross negligence”, he added, “Such incidents happened in many places; I am not going to defend it by comparing them and saying that it happened here and there … 50-60 people died in Kumbh Mela. I did not criticise. If Congress criticises, then that is a different matter. Did I or the Karnataka government criticise?” Meanwhile, the BJP got here down closely on the Congress-led authorities holding CM Siddaramaiah and residential minister G Parameshwara accountable for the deaths.Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra accused the state authorities of exerting strain on the police and organising the occasion with out correct planning or ample safety preparations. “Is it not the state government’s responsibility to be prepared? Were they not aware that lakhs of people would turn up?” he requested.The stampede close to Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives and left 33 injured as 1000’s of followers gathered to have a good time RCB’s historic IPL win.Union minister Pralhad Joshi additionally held the state authorities squarely accountable. “It’s heartbreaking to see such loss due to poor planning and crowd mismanagement,” the Dharwad MP posted on X.Joshi stated the tragedy might have been prevented with correct coordination and emergency preparedness. “Celebrations are one thing, but the government acted in haste without involving emergency services. Accountability must be fixed,” he stated.