"Organisers responsible for Hathras mishap": Congress' Pramod Tiwari

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Friday said that the organisers and administration are responsible for the Hathras stampede and asserted that this is the time to console the families affected by the incident.
Targeting the administration for the mishap, Tiwari said, "It is crystal clear that the administration and the organisers are responsible for this entire incident. This incident has happened due to the negligence of these two."
He added, "There was permission for 80 thousand people, but 2.5 lakh people reached there. There was no emergency exit, no means of treatment, and no adequate police force..."
Tiwari, while speaking with ANI said that we should console the victims' families. "Whatever has happened in Hathras cannot be compensated. This is the time to know from them how this incident happened to them."
Talking about Rahul Gandhi's visit to victims' families in Hathras, Tiwari said, "Our leader Rahul Gandhi reached Aligarh first and then Hathras and shared the grief with the victims. After that, he also talked to the family members and learned about everyone's well-being. He also told the workers there that the victims should be helped as much as possible. Rahul Gandhi had gone there with this sole purpose."
Rahul Gandhi visited the families affected by the Hathras stampede on Friday and urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to provide fair compensation for the victims.
Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Hathras early in the morning, met with the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the July 2 tragedy at a religious 'Satsang' event of self-styled godman Suraj Pal alias 'Bhole Baba' in Fulari village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, which claimed 121 lives.
On his way to Hathras, the Congress leader also stopped in Aligarh to meet the victims' families. He expressed his condolences and sought to understand their situation.
"It is a sad incident. Many lives have been lost. I am not approaching this from a political perspective but addressing the deficiencies of the administration. The main priority should be to provide maximum compensation to the poor families affected by this tragedy. I request CM Yogi Adityanath to provide compensation with an open heart," he said while speaking to the media.
A three-member Judicial Inquiry Commission under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava has been constituted to ensure comprehensiveness of the subject matter and transparency in the inquiry.
The Commission will investigate the stampede incident and submit its report within the next two months.
According to the preliminary report, the stampede occurred when devotees tried to collect soil from the preacher's feet and were stopped by security personnel, leading to a rush and subsequent chaos. (ANI)