A day after 121 people lost their lives in a Hathras stampede incident, the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders expressed their condolences on the loss of lives and called the incident "tragic".
A team from the National Commission for Women led by chairperson Rekha Sharma and member secretary Meenakshi Negi met the injured women victims of the Hathras stampede incident on Wednesday and said most of the participants in the event were women. She said that there is a need to counsel an
As the Yogi and central governments announced Rs 2 lakh aid to the deceased, Rai on the decision asserted, "Not Rs 2 lakhs, instead the government should give at least Rs 1 crore and a government job to the deceased. While the injured should be given the aid of Rs 25 lakhs."
According to police sources, the arrested person identified as one Amirul, is the aide of Tajmul Haque, alias JCB the prime accused who is already in custody.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself reached Hathras today and took information about the entire incident from the officials. He then went to Hathras District Hospital, inquired about the condition of the people injured in the accident and instructed the doctors to provide proper treatm
AIADMK leader Sellur Raju has slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for not visiting Kallakurichi hooch tragedy victims and reiterated his party's demand for a CBI investigation into the incident.
Renuka Chowdhury, a member of the Rajya Sabha, expressed her concern and said, "This is a very unfortunate incident. A majority of females have died in this incident."
"The government is continuously making efforts to normalise the situation in Manipur. More than 11,000 FIRs have been registered and over 500 people arrested. Incidents of violence are continuously reducing in Manipur", PM Modi said.
The prime facie report suggests that the stampede occurred as devotees rushed to seek blessing from 'Bhole Baba', the preacher at the religious congregation Satsang, as he was about to leave the venue after the prayer.
As proceedings of Rajya Sabha began this morning, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhhar offered condolences on the loss of lives in the stampede in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.