Devotees continued to arrive at Mahakumbh 2025 to take a holy dip at Triveni Sangam on the 36th day of the festival. Over 52 crore devotees have taken a holy dip so far at the world's largest human gathering.
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma on Sunday expressed deep concern over the stampede at New Delhi Railway Station that claimed the lives of 18 people and left several injured, urging the opposition to refrain from seeking political gains.
On the security arrangements at Patna Junction, RPF Senior Commandant Prakash Kumar Panda told ANI, "Security arrangements are tight here and Railway Protection Force( RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) teams are deployed here, we have deployed additional 100 railway staff here and our
"If people don't rush unnecessarily, there won't be a catastrophic effect where everyone rushes. If disciplined behaviour is followed, there is a great chance for such incidents to be averted. Everyone is a capable decision-maker. If you feel that the rush is increasing, halting at that time
Congress leader Pawan Khera stated that the country deserves to know the CCTV footage of the affected platforms at New Delhi railway station to know the sequence of events preceding and following the stampede.
Congress demanded that the Railway Minister should resign after 18 people were killed in a stampede at New Delhi railway station on Saturday and termed the incident as the "failure of the government."
The Congress on Sunday demanded immediate resignation of Union Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav over the death of 18 people during a stampede at New Delhi railway station on Saturday.
Reacting to this, AAP chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar lashed out at the government in a veiled attack, saying that the CPRO's statement comes on the orders of his "masters".
Congress MP Manish Tewari stated that the Railway Minister should take moral responsibility and resign after 18 people were killed at a stampede which broke out at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday evening.
Porters (coolies) who were present during the stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station recount the events of the tragic night, further stating how they helped the passengers to get out of the station. As many as 18 people were killed and 15 others were injured in the fatal incident.
"It is the misfortune of the country that there is no full-time Railway Minister for the fourth largest rail network in the world," Kakkar, the chief national spokesperson of AAP, posted on X.