‘Mismanagement’, ‘VIP culture’: Oppn hits out at Centre, UP govt over stampede at Maha Kumbh

Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi blamed the “VIP culture” for the incidental and said that it should beryllium curbed and the authorities “should marque amended arrangements to conscionable the needs of communal devotees”.

Offering condolences, Gandhi said that the quality of “several radical being killed and galore being injured owed to stampede astatine Prayagraj Mahakumbh is highly sad”.

“I explicit my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and anticipation for the speedy betterment of the injured,” Gandhi added.

“Mismanagement, mismanagement and the administration’s peculiar absorption connected VIP question alternatively of communal devotees are liable for this tragic incident,” the Congress person said successful a station connected X.

Ambulances marque mode astatine Maha Kumbh Mela aft a stampede astatine Sangam ghat connected Mauni Amavasya successful Prayagraj connected Wednesday. (Express photograph by Chitral Khambhati)

Gandhi besides urged Congress workers and leaders to assistance the affected families. “There is inactive a batch of clip near for the Maha Kumbh, galore much Mahasnans are to instrumentality place. The authorities should amended the strategy to forestall a tragic incidental similar contiguous from happening again,” helium added.

“VIP civilization should beryllium curbed and the authorities should marque amended arrangements to conscionable the needs of communal devotees,” helium added.

Samajwadi Party main and erstwhile UP main curate Akhilesh Yadav said that “the quality of casualties of devotees successful an mishap caused by mismanagement successful Maha Kumbh is highly sad.”

Appealing to the authorities government, helium wrote connected societal media level X: “We entreaty to our authorities to — earnestly injured radical should beryllium taken to the nearest champion hospitals with the assistance of aerial ambulance and contiguous aesculapian attraction should beryllium provided. Arrangements should beryllium made to place the bodies of the deceased and manus them implicit to their relatives and nonstop them to their spot of residence.”

He added: “Urgent efforts should beryllium made to reunite those who person been separated. Surveillance should beryllium accrued by making bully usage of helicopters. Keeping the unbroken contented of ‘Royal Bath’ going connected since the Satya Yuga, arrangements should beryllium made to behaviour the ‘Royal Bath of Mauni Amavasya’ amidst harmless absorption parallel to alleviation work.”

महाकुंभ के दौरान, तीर्थराज संगम के तट पर हुई भगदड़ से कई लोगों की जान गई है और अनेकों लोगों के घायल होने का समाचार बेहद हृदयविदारक है।

श्रद्धालुओं के परिजनों के प्रति हमारी गहरी संवेदनाएँ और घायलों की शीघ्रातिशीघ्र स्वास्थ्य लाभ की हम कामना करते हैं।

आधी अधूरी व्यवस्था,…

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 29, 2025

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge besides blamed “VIP movement”, “half-baked arrangements” and “attention to self-promotion than absorption and mismanagement”.

“During the Maha Kumbh, the quality of stampede connected the banks of Teerthraj Sangam successful which respective radical mislaid their lives and galore others got injured is highly heart-rending,” said Kharge.

He expressed “deepest condolences to the families of the devotees” and wished a “speedy betterment of the injured”.

“Half-baked arrangements, VIP movement, paying much attraction to self-promotion than absorption and mismanagement are liable for this. Despite spending thousands of crores of rupees, specified arrangements are condemnable,” the Congress president wrote successful a station connected X.

“There are inactive galore important royal baths left, truthful the cardinal and authorities governments should aftermath up present and amended the arrangements truthful that specified unpleasant incidents bash not hap successful future,” helium added.

“Arrangements for accommodation, food, archetypal assistance and question of devotees should beryllium expanded and VIP question should beryllium curbed. This is what our saints and sages besides want. Our Congress workers are requested to supply each imaginable assistance to the victims,” helium further stated.