Nitish should resign over Chhath stampede: Lalu
22 Nov 2012 4:41 AM IST
The Opposition in Bihar on Tuesday made a scathing attack on Nitish Kumar government for the death of 17 people in a stampede during Chhath festival with RJD president Lalu Prasad demanding that the Chief Minister should resign on moral ground.
‘Nitish should tender resignation on moral ground in the wake of this vast human tragedy on the occasion of Chhath...If he fails to do so God will punish him,’ Prasad told reporters.
Stating that ‘adminstrative failure’ was responsible for the yesterday’s tragedy, Prasad, who airdashed here this afternoon, demanded that a case be registered under section 302 (murder) of IPC against officials responsible for the construction of the makeshift Chhachri bridge that caved in at the ghat triggering the stampede. The RJD chief announced Rs 50,000 each from the party fund for those killed in the incident and later met families of the victims, 10 of whom were women and children.
On the CM’s appeal that politics should be kept out of human tragedy, Prasad, a known bete noire of Kumar, said, ‘How can we remain silent on such a big incident... Responsibility has to be fixed for the incident.’
Other Opposition parties like Congress, LJP, NCP too hit out at the government.
Nationalist Congress Party General Secretary and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar sought a high level inquiry into the incident to fix responsibility.
BIHAR CM CANCELS DINNER AFTER TRAGEDY
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday cancelled the dinner for members of parliament and the state legislature of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) following the death of 18 people, mostly children and women, during the Chhath festival celebrations in Patna.
‘The chief minister has cancelled the dinner, scheduled for 21 Nov, for the party MPs and legislators ahead of the completion of seven years in power,’ JD-U spokesperson Sanjay Singh said. Singh said the chief minister was very sad after the shocking incident. State Home Secretary Amir Subhani has began an inquiry into the stampede.
Nitish at a press conference on Monday night (11 pm) here refuted reports that a bamboo bridge collapse caused the deaths and said it was due to a stampede.
According to an official in the CM’s office, Nitish has directed the top health department officials to provide treatment to the injured.
‘Nitish should tender resignation on moral ground in the wake of this vast human tragedy on the occasion of Chhath...If he fails to do so God will punish him,’ Prasad told reporters.
Stating that ‘adminstrative failure’ was responsible for the yesterday’s tragedy, Prasad, who airdashed here this afternoon, demanded that a case be registered under section 302 (murder) of IPC against officials responsible for the construction of the makeshift Chhachri bridge that caved in at the ghat triggering the stampede. The RJD chief announced Rs 50,000 each from the party fund for those killed in the incident and later met families of the victims, 10 of whom were women and children.
On the CM’s appeal that politics should be kept out of human tragedy, Prasad, a known bete noire of Kumar, said, ‘How can we remain silent on such a big incident... Responsibility has to be fixed for the incident.’
Other Opposition parties like Congress, LJP, NCP too hit out at the government.
Nationalist Congress Party General Secretary and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Tariq Anwar sought a high level inquiry into the incident to fix responsibility.
BIHAR CM CANCELS DINNER AFTER TRAGEDY
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday cancelled the dinner for members of parliament and the state legislature of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) following the death of 18 people, mostly children and women, during the Chhath festival celebrations in Patna.
‘The chief minister has cancelled the dinner, scheduled for 21 Nov, for the party MPs and legislators ahead of the completion of seven years in power,’ JD-U spokesperson Sanjay Singh said. Singh said the chief minister was very sad after the shocking incident. State Home Secretary Amir Subhani has began an inquiry into the stampede.
Nitish at a press conference on Monday night (11 pm) here refuted reports that a bamboo bridge collapse caused the deaths and said it was due to a stampede.
According to an official in the CM’s office, Nitish has directed the top health department officials to provide treatment to the injured.
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