Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the families of the 39 deceased in the Karur stampede.
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) President and MP Thol. Thirumavalavan on Sunday expressed deep anguish over the tragic stampede in Tamil Nadu's Karur and urged the State government to increase the compensation for the victims.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday condoled the loss of lives in a stampede at a political rally in Karur in Tamil Nadu.
31 people were killed while 58 others were injured in a stampede at TVK chief and actor Vijay's public rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur on Saturday evening, officials said.
The Musi River has been overflowing since Thursday after authorities opened the gates of the Himayat Sagar reservoir, following heavy rainfall across Telangana.
Bindal said, "On one hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is working to give relief to the public, and on the other, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh's Congress government has been harassing people for the past three years."
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He instructed the immediate evacuation of vulnerable communities along the Musi riverbanks and assured that relief camps would be set up to provide shelter and basic necessities to the displaced.
Goyal alleged that the Congress party had appealed to people not to contribute to the relief fund. "This exposes their mentality and shows how much Congress hates Punjab. The Chief Minister wants to rebuild a colourful Punjab, but yesterday Congress displayed a bankrupt mentality," he said.
PM Modi added, "You know well what the situation was earlier. Congress never missed a chance to loot you. In 2014, when you chose us, we freed you from Congress's loot system. Under the BJP government, the era of double savings and double income has begun."
Kanushi Sharma, a student, expressed her joy in providing aid to the affected families and said that rations, food items and blankets were sent by the school.