Bengaluru stampede: CM Siddaramaiah name-drops ‘Maha Kumbh’, say, ‘Such incidents happened in many places’. Bharat News

New Delhi: The Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday said that he does not want to defend “Bengaluru Stamped”, in which 11 people lost their lives, “many stampeds”. As the Chief Minister said that his “government will not do politics on the incident”, he also nominated the Kumbh Mela in the press conference. “I do not want to defend this incident. Our government will not do politics on it. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry and have been given 15 days. People have broken the doors of the stadium.However, while answering questions about the BJP’s “gross negligence”, he said, “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 criticize. If Congress is criticized, it is a different matter. Meanwhile, the BJP was accountable to the death of CM Siddaramaiah and Home Minister Ji Parmeshwar on the Congress -led government.Vijayendra accused the Karnataka BJP president of pressurizing the police and organizing the program without a proper plan or adequate security arrangements. “Is it not the responsibility of the state government to get ready? Did they not know that lakh people would change?” He asked.The stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 people and 33 were injured as thousands of fans to celebrate RCB’s historic IPL victory.Union Minister Pralhad Joshi also blamed the state government. The MP from Dharwad posted on X, “It is a heartbreaking to see such damage due to poor planning and malaise of the crowd.”Joshi said that the tragedy could be avoided by proper coordination and emergency preparations. “The ceremony is one thing, but the government worked in a hurry without involving emergency services. The accountability should be fixed,” he said.