BJP State President Nainar Nagendran, along with other party leaders, including K Annamalai, met an eight-member parliamentary committee appointed by BJP National President J.P. Nadda following their arrival in Coimbatore on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday said that political parties and public organisations should frame rules on how public events must be organised responsibly in the future, in the wake of the Karur stampede, which he described as "a tragedy that should never happen again".
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday warned against spreading rumours on social media regarding the stampede in Karur during Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief and actor Vijay's rally. The stampede left people dead, including 18 women and 10 children.
Families of the victims of the Karur stampede are grieving the loss of their loved ones. The tragedy, which took place at a rally addressed by actor and TVK president Vijay on September 27, claimed 41 lives.
She had earlier today arrived at the Coimbatore International Airport before proceeding to the site of the stampede that took place during a public event of TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) chief and actor Vijay. Sitharaman was accompanied by Minister of State for Information & Broadcas
The former interim general secretary of the AIADMK, VK Sasikala, on Monday demanded a probe by a central agency into the Karur stampede tragedy, stating that only such an inquiry would reveal the truth behind the incident.
The death toll from the stampede at Tamil Nadu Vetri Kazhagam leader Vijay's campaign rally in Karur has risen to 41, after a woman undergoing treatment at a hospital succumbed to her injuries.
The plea came in the wake of the Saturday incident at Karur, where a massive crowd at a TVK campaign event led to a stampede, resulting in the death of at least 40 people and leaving dozens injured.
Congress MP and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to take stock of the situation in Karur following a stampede that claimed 40 lives.
"What happened yesterday at Karur is a very big tragedy. More than 40 innocent lives have been lost. My deepest condolences to them... I urge and demand that the government of Tamil Nadu take necessary actions against those responsible for this..." Vijayendra told ANI.