An eight-member delegation of NDA leaders will visit Karur in Tamil Nadu to look into the circumstances which led to the loss of lives in the stampede during the TVK party's rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Union Minister L Murugan and Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran, on Monday met the families of those who died in the Karur stampede and assured them of all possible assistance.
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
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi inquired about the situation in Karur from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, after the stampede during the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally killed 41 people, Congress sources said.
"This is a time of tragedy. We are completely devastated because this is a very small city and the society is very closely knitted. We live as a family... Such a tragedy of this magnitude has never occured before in this place. It will take years for us to recover from this," Jothimani told
A total of 39 people have lost their lives in the stampede which took place during the political rally of TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) chief and actor Vijay, yesterday.
A total of two patients are currently in critical condition and are on ventilator support, and at least 39 were killed after a stampede took place during a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally in Karur, said the state's Director of Medical Education (DME), Suganthy Rajakumari.
A total of 39 people have lost their lives, while 95 were injured in the stampede during a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary, P Senthil Kumar said.
The vehicle stopped near Chakkimangalam in Madurai, where he stepped out to relieve himself. When he did not return, his friends found him unconscious and rushed him to the intensive care unit of Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital, where doctors later declared him dead, said the hospital dea