Don’t want to politicise Hathras stampede, but administration made lapses: Rahul Gandhi
The Congress leader asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath to immediately compensate the families of those who died on Tuesday.
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that he did not want to politicise the stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Tuesday that killed 121 persons, but alleged in the same breath that there had been lapses on the part of state government.
The stampede took place at a religious gathering convened by preacher Narayan Saakar Hari, popularly known as Bhole Baba, at Fulrai village in Sikandrarau tehsil.
A crowd of about 2.5 lakh persons from several districts and nearby states had gathered at the venue for the event on Tuesday, according to a first information report registered after the incident.
“It is a matter of grief that so many families have suffered, so many people lost their lives,” Gandhi told reporters on Friday after meeting the families of those who died in the stampede. “I do not want to speak from a political prism but there have been some lapses on the part of the administration.”
The families have said that there were shortcomings from the administration’s side, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. They have said that the kind of police arrangement that was expected at the event was missing on Tuesday, he added.
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