Alleging dereliction of duty on the part of the Congress government in Karnataka for the loss of lives in a stampede during RCB team’s IPL victory celebrations in Bengaluru, the state BJP on Thursday accused it of choosing publicity stunts over the safety and well-being of innocent citizens.Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra has slammed Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar for his post on ‘X’ claiming that the government or authorities did not anticipate such an overwhelming crowd – while the stadium has a capacity of 35,000, over 3 lakh people had gathered.
As many as 11 people died and 33 injured following a stampede near the Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium here, where a large number of people had thronged to participate in the RCB team’s IPL victory celebrations on Wednesday.
