Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP government of "suppressing truth" about Maha Kumbh stampede deaths

New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh government of "suppressing truth" about deaths in Maha Kumbh earlier this year and alleged that "like in COVID, the bodies of the poor were erased from the statistics".
"BBC report reveals that figures of deaths in Kumbh Mela stampede were hidden. Like in COVID, the bodies of the poor were erased from the statistics. Like after every major railway accident the truth is suppressed. This is the BJP model - if there is no counting of the poor, then there is no responsibility either!" Gandhi stated in his X post.

BBC की रिपोर्ट बताती है कि कुंभ मेले की भगदड़ में हुई मौतों के आंकड़े छुपाए गए।

जैसे COVID में गरीबों की लाशें आंकड़ों से मिटा दी गई थी।

जैसे हर बड़े रेल हादसे के बाद सच्चाई दबा दी जाती है।

यही तो BJP मॉडल है - गरीबों की गिनती नहीं, तो ज़िम्मेदारी भी नहीं!

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 11, 2025

Thirty people were killed during stampede in Maha Kumbh on Mauni Amavasya.
The Uttar Pradesh government had announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh for the families of the deceased in the stampede and a judicial inquiry was also set up.
Earlier in March, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha that asked about the number of persons killed and injured during the recent Maha Kumbh Stampede, said that "No such data is maintained centrally."
Rai said that 'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
Organization of religious congregations, crowd management, provision of amenities to devotees, prevention of any type of disaster during the congregation, etc., are closely linked to 'public order', which is a state subject. (ANI)