‘They Doing It For…’: Siddaramaiah Says BJP Politicising Stampede, Defends His Govt
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Holding senior state cabinet members, including CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM Shivakumar, accountable for the stadium horror, he demanded a probe into their actions.
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After facing criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Bengaluru stadium stampede horror, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah responded on Friday.
The Karnataka Chief Minister slammed the BJP for politicising the tragedy at M Chinnaswamy Stadium which claimed 11 lives and many others injured.
His response follows BJP’s remark wherein it accused the Congress-led state government of using the police as a “scapegoat” in the matter.
Defending his government, CM Siddaramaiah said they have already taken action against officials who were found to be “visibly responsible” and “negligent in their duty.”
“They are doing it for politics. I don’t do politics. We have taken action against those who were visibly responsible and found to be negligent in their duty,” news agency ANI quoted the Chief Minister as saying.
On the other hand, state BJP chief BY Vijayendra accused the Siddaramaiah-led government of only acting when pressure was put on them.
“The state government has acted only after coming under pressure… Action has been taken against RCB and the Karnataka Cricket Association. Yesterday, the Chief Minister suddenly suspended senior police officers, including the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, and five other officials,” Vijayendra said.
Holding senior state cabinet members, including CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM Shivakumar, and state home minister G Parameshwara accountable for the stadium horror, he demanded a probe into their actions.
“The real accused is none other than Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Accused no. 2 is Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Accused no. 3 is Home Minister G. Parameshwara. They must truly be subjected to investigation,” the state BJP chief said.
Following the stadium stampede horror on June 4, the Karnataka police suspended multiple IPS officers, including the Bengaluru city police commissioner, B Dayananda. Dayananda has been replaced by senior IPS officer Seemant Kumar Singh who assumed charge from today. Besides Dayananda, Additional Commissioner of Police Vikash Kumar Vikash, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shekhar HT, Assistant Commissioner of Police Balakrishna and Cubbon Park Police Inspector Girish AK were also suspended with immediate effect.
Notably, an FIR was registered against the Karnataka Cricket Board Administrative Committee, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), among others, in the Bengaluru stampede incident.’
In response, KSCA has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking the quashing of FIRs filed against it. KSCA board of directors, including President Raghuram Bhat, Secretary A. Shankar, Treasurer E.S. Jairam, appealed for the cancellation of the FIR. The hearing on the petition will be held today in the afternoon by a bench of Justice Krishna Kumar.
Manisha Roy is a Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com’s general desk. She comes with an experience of over 5 years in media industry. She covers politics and other hard news. She can be contacted at Manisha.Roy@nw18…Read More
Manisha Roy is a Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com’s general desk. She comes with an experience of over 5 years in media industry. She covers politics and other hard news. She can be contacted at Manisha.Roy@nw18… Read More
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