UP: AAP performs 'bulldozer ahuti yagya', compares BJP govt with 'Taliban'
Lucknow, Feb 18: Senior AAP leaders led by party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge Sanjay Singh on Sunday performed 'bulldozer ahuti yagya' here and burnt photos of bulldozers on the occasion of Mahashivratri.
The party was protesting the recent deaths of a woman and her daughter allegedly due to self-immolation during an anti-encroachment drive in Kanpur Dehat, its leaders said.
After the yagya held at the party office, Singh said that the incident of Kanpur Dehat shows that the BJP government is following the "footsteps of the Taliban".
"Bulldozer is not a relative of anyone, nor does it have sympathy for any particular class or religion," Singh told reporters here.
In a video of the yagya, which was tweeted by Singh, party leaders can be seen consigning to flames the photos of bulldozers while a model bulldozer is being dismantled by him and other leaders.
AAP's local leader Shekhar Dixit, who also participated in the yagya, said that the Yogi Adityanath government has started to move around with the "bulldozer of destruction", instead of the "bulldozer of development".
"Till yesterday, the bulldozer was used against the mafia. But, unfortunately today, it is being used on the huts of the poor. The mother and daughter in a Brahmin family died in a very sad incident. The yagya has been done on Mahashivratri, so that the bulldozer of destruction is eventually destroyed on the day," Dixit told PTI
Dixit, who also heads the Rashtriya Kisan Manch, said that prayers were offered to Lord Shiv on Mahashivratri, so that ordinary people on whom the bulldozer has run get his benevolence.
Pramila Dixit (45) and her daughter Neha (20) died after allegedly setting themselves on fire Monday in a hut in the presence of police, district administration and revenue officials who had come to the village to demolish encroachments on the 'gram samaj' land in Kanpur Dehat district.
Chief Minister Adityanath on Wednesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the deaths of the two women.
Police have registered an FIR against 39 people, including a sub-divisional magistrate, four revenue officials, a police station head and unnamed police personnel.
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B'luru: "Least priority, shifted late," says brother of patient who died in Ramaiah hospital fire
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Bengaluru: Hours after a fire broke out at the Critical Care Unit (CCU) of the MS Ramaiah Memorial Hospital on New BEL Road on Thursday, a 34-year-old patient, Sujay Sujathan Panicker, tragically passed away. His family has accused the hospital authorities of negligence, which they claim led to his death.
The fire at Ramaiah Memorial Hospital is believed to have been caused by a short circuit. Initial reports suggested that there were no casualties in the incident.
Sujay, originally from Kollam in Kerala, had been residing in Bengaluru with his family since 2004. He was undergoing treatment for pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and H1N1 since September 1 at the hospital.
Sujay's wife and father released a video accusing the hospital of negligence. In the video, his wife, Rohini Jayan, alleged that the hospital authorities took no action against those responsible for the fire.
Sujay’s brother, Sujin Sujathan Panicker, speaking to Vartha Bharathi, detailed the family’s ordeal. He said that despite his sister-in-law requesting assistance during the chaos, the hospital staff pushed her away, assuring her that all patients had been safely evacuated to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). However, Sujin claims that his sister-in-law did not see Sujay being shifted.
He further stated, “Sometime later, when a doctor arrived, she (Rohini) inquired about Sujay. It was only after the doctor questioned the staff that they rushed to evacuate him.”
Sujin added that by the time his brother was evacuated, 50 minutes had already passed since the fire broke out. "He was still inside, while all the other patients were taken out first. He was admitted to the hospital with a respiratory illness, yet he was given the least priority during the chaos. He was the last one to be evacuated."
He also claimed that Rohini had already noticed that Sujay’s condition had deteriorated and believed he had passed away, though the hospital authorities did not officially declare his death.
Sujin further stated that the hospital authorities called him and his father to the board room at the 8th floor of the hospital, where senior executives and doctors who had treated Sujay were present “During the interaction they (hospital authorities) claimed that Sujay was still alive and that his condition had worsened amid the smoke and that his chances of survival were less, which was not true.”
"Despite staff being present to evacuate my brother, they remained negligent. The fire broke out at 1:00 p.m., so why did it take 50 minutes to get him out? He was in a corner bed in the CCU, and it seemed they either overlooked the room or ignored it. Even after repeated requests, it took them 50 minutes to evacuate him," Sujin added.
Sujin also expressed concerns that the hospital authorities might attempt to influence the investigation. "They can influence anyone—any hospital, any report."
At the time of the interview, Sujin stated that neither anyone from the government nor from the health department had contacted the family.
A complaint has been filed in connection with the incident at the Sadashivanagar police station. "The statements of the family members have been recorded, and an investigation into the matter is underway. An FIR has been lodged under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Section 106 (causing death due to negligence)," said Sadashivanagar police station Sub-Inspector.
Meanwhile, officials from Ramaiah Memorial Hospital were unavailable for comment.
