Bengaluru stampede: Siddaramaiah says he was invited a few hours before the incident; Blames RCB, Ksca | Bharat News

New Delhi: In an attempt to distance its government from the Bengaluru stampede, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reiterated on Wednesday that the RCB team Felicitation event was not organized by the state government on 4 June. “On June 4, the Karnataka State Cricket Association and RCB organized a felicitation program for the players. I was invited that day at 11.29 am and I accepted it. The Chief Secretary called me. I said ‘move forward.” The governor also participated in the event.Also Read: Siddaramaiah government from Bangalore Stamped blames the top police
Speaking to reporters, he said, “CM’s political secretary (who has now been removed from the post) told Raj Bhavan and handed me a call saying that the governors were also coming. I talked to the governor and told him that I am going to the Felicitation event. You also come. I called him.”“So, the governor also participated in the Felicitation event, which ended in 20 minutes because it rained and both OF left us after this. This is the same. Newspapers and TV channels have told that no one had invited the governor and he came on his own, so I am giving this explanation, “he said.Asked if an official invitation was sent to the Governor before the call, Siddaramaiah said, “I don’t know who has invited or not. I called him because I was participating in the program.”Earlier in the day, the Karnataka High Court reserved the order on the petition filed by RCB’s marketing head Nikhil Sosle, on the basis of interim relief on the basis that his arrest in the alleged relationship with the Bengaluru stampede was illegal.The High Court reserved the order for 12 June.The stampede that took place during the ceremony outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore during the victory ceremony of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Indian Premier League (IPL), killed 11 people.After the Bengaluru stampede, the Karnataka government suspended top police officers at Cuban Park Police Station on 5 June and formed a person commission under a retired High Court judge to investigate the incident.Asked about the increasing compensation for the stampede victims, Siddaramaiah said that 25 lakh rupees have been given to the families of every person killed. “We will discuss this in the cabinet,” he said.Responding to a question about the opposition BJP’s opposition, demanding his resignation on the stampede, he said that the opposition is doing politics.“They will do politics. BJP lies and misleads people and then demands resignation. During the Kumbh Mela, 40-50 people were killed due to stampede. Did they demand resignation? A bridge collapsed on the inauguration day, people were killed. He was killed. He said.