"We aren't like the Congress party that overturns everything and captures institutions. BJP respects all institutions of the country," said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.
"Five people in the vehicle were killed in the accident, while others have been injured," Superintendent of Police (Lakhimpur Kheri), Sanjeev Suman told ANI.
Officials of Andhra Pradesh have been directed by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy to take steps for the medical aid of the 44 Andhra pilgrims en route to Sabarimala in a bus that met with an accident at Kerala's Pathanamthitta.
A 27-year-old pharmacist drowned as a boat in which he was travelling overturned in Indravati river on the border of Bijapur and Dantewada district. The team of Bijapur health workers was returning after a health camp organised in the Kosalnar locality.