Speaking about the incident, she said, "There was suddenly an announcement that the train will be coming on platform 14. People started running, and there was a stampede."
Congress MP KC Venugopal hit out at the Central Government on Sunday over the loss of lives in a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station. He alleged that the Centre is utterly incompetent and is only capable of PR, not actual management.
The sources have further revealed that the five bodies had been brought to the RML hospital out of which four bodies have been handed over to the families after post-mortems were conducted.
This tragic incident also raises some questions - If the government knew that Maha Kumbh was going on, then why were more trains not run during that time? Why were no arrangements made to control the crowd at the railway station? Who is responsible for this accident?" the Congress Party a
Taking to social media X, Mohan Charan Majhi wrote, "deeply saddened by the tragic loss of precious lives in the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for the speedy recovery of the injured".
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National convenor Arvind Kejriwal expressed condolences on Sunday over the loss of lives in a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station. He blamed the Ministry of Railways and said that the accident took place due to their negligence.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over the tragic incident at New Delhi Railway Station, where several people lost their lives due to chaos and a stampede.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed grief over the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station, calling it "extremely sad and distressing."
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi paid his condolences to the family members of those who died in the New Delhi Railway Station stampede, in which 18 people were killed and many injured on Saturday night.
Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Union Railway Minister and RJD Chief, on Sunday, said that the Railway's mismanagement led to the stampede at the New Delhi railway station that claimed the lives of at least 18 people.