Lessons to be learnt, may come up with an act for gatherings: DK Shivakumar on Bengaluru stampede
New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said the state has learnt lessons from the recent stampede and is considering bringing in an act to manage future public gatherings.
"There are lessons to be learned. We will come out with a plan, we have policies for future crowds also. We have to come out with an act, that is what we are also looking for. It is a lesson which we have to learn," Shivakumar told reporters after meeting Municipal Corporation of Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh.
Attacking opposition parties criticising the Congress-led Karnataka government, he said, "They are politicising the dead bodies. I am sorry for them."
On June 4, the celebrations for the RCB's first-ever IPL win turned tragic as 11 people died and more than 56 were injured in a stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Since the incident, a political slugfest is underway with the opposition BJP targeting the Congress-led government for not handling the situation properly.
Opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister in this issue.
Shivakumar was in the national capital to attend a meeting with the MCD officials to discuss urban governance, town planning, and solid waste management.
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Rahul Gandhi's concern for Dalits self-serving: Mayawati
Lucknow(PTI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday accused the Congress of long-standing neglect towards the Dalits and tribals.
In a post on X, Mayawati dismissed Rahul Gandhi's admission of Congress's failure in fulfilling the political, economic, and reservation-related aspirations of these people as "not new."
She called the leader's stance "self-serving politics" and his party adopting consistently "a sad and unfortunate attitude" towards the SC/ST communities.
The Dalit leader said that it was this very behaviour of the oldest part of the country that compelled these communities to form their own party.
"Consequently," Mayawati said, "the Congress party has continuously remained out of power in major states, including Uttar Pradesh. Now, after losing power, they are suddenly remembering these communities, which can only be described as crocodile tears given their perpetual deceitful intentions and policies."
She extended her criticism to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, accusing it also of hypocrisy.
The BSP chief said the Congress kept in abeyance the full benefits of reservation, failed to honour Dr B R Ambedkar with the Bharat Ratna for nearly 40 years after Independence.
Mayawati said that all "casteist parties" collude to effectively render SC, ST, and OBC reservations "inactive and ineffective" under various pretexts.
They are all "cut from the same cloth," she said.
She claimed that her government in Uttar Pradesh guaranteed "safety, dignity, and welfare" of all sections of society, including the poor, the oppressed, and the Bahujan Samaj.
"The welfare of the nation's Bahujans is solely inherent in the BSP's iron guarantee," said the four-time UP chief minister.
लोकसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष द्वारा यह स्वीकार करना कि देश के विशाल आबादी वाले अन्य पिछड़े वर्ग (ओबीसी) समाज के लोगों की राजनीतिक व आर्थिक आशा, आकांक्षा व आरक्षण सहित उन्हें उनका संवैधानिक हक़ दिलाने के मामलों में कांग्रेस पार्टी खरी व विश्वासपात्र नहीं रही है कोई नई बात नहीं है,…
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