Attibele firecracker blaze: Our govt will not spare culprits, says Congress president Kharge
New Delhi (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the party's government in Karnataka will not spare the culprits responsible for the blaze in a firecracker shop in which 14 people lost their lives.
He said the government will ensure that all possible safety measures are taken, so that such incidents do not occur in the future again.
Kharge also expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.
"Extremely saddened to know about the terrible tragedy in a firecracker factory in Karnataka's Attibele in Anekal taluk. Our deepest condolences to the families of the victims, in this hour of grief," he said in a post on X.
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಆನೇಕಲ್ ತಾಲೂಕಿನ ಅತ್ತಿಬೆಲೆಯ ಪಟಾಕಿ ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆಯೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ ಭೀಕರ ಅಗ್ನಿ ದುರಂತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿದು ಅತೀವ ದುಃಖವಾಗಿದೆ.
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) October 8, 2023
ಈ ದುಃಖದ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತ್ರಸ್ತರ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳಿಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಸಂತಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಘಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಯಾಳುವಾಗಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲರೊಂದಿಗೂ ನಾವಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.
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"Our thoughts are with the injured who have been provided medical assistance. The state government has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for each of the families of the victims," he said.
"We will not spare the culprits and all possible safety measures would be taken, so that such incidents do not occur in the future," he said.
The death toll in the fire incident reached 14 on Sunday following the death of two more people, police sources said. While 12 people were charred to death on the spot at the shop-cum-godown at Attibele in Anekal Taluk on Saturday, two others died while undergoing treatment.
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Attempt to shield 'infiltrators': BJP ahead of Cong's rally against 'vote theft'
New Delhi (PTI): Ahead of the Congress' rally over the "vote theft" issue, the BJP on Sunday alleged that the main opposition party was holding the event in its bid to "protect infiltrators" from being removed from the electoral rolls.
The ruling BJP asserted that the Congress will not succeed in its design of misleading people as well as "insulting and defaming" constitutional institutions, because the entire world knows that India's democracy is "very robust".
Stepping up its campaign against the alleged "vote theft" by the BJP in elections, the Congress has organised a rally at the Ramlila Maidan here on Sunday that will be attended by the party's top leaders, including general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, and Sachin Pilot.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi are expected to address the gathering. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is also likely to be present at the event.
Ahead of the event, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress was holding the rally even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah "exposed" the opposition through his point-by-point rebuttal to their "fabricated" allegations during a debate on electoral reforms during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
"This shows that you do not have truth in your hand, yet you are trying to create an atmosphere of confusion. The Congress' rally is an exercise to protect 'ghuspaithiyas (infiltrators)'. This is what the Congress is doing," the BJP MP told reporters here.
"The Congress party may try all it wants to mislead the people as well as insult and defame our constitutional institutions. But, the entire world knows that India's democracy is very robust and it cannot be shaken," he added.
The BJP leader accused the Congress of holding the rally to pursue its "appeasement politics" and dared Rahul Gandhi to challenge the Bihar assembly polls if he felt that there was any irregularity.
"Rahul ji, you still have perhaps 10 days left in your hands. You can still file a complaint if you feel that there was any irregularity (in the poll process) in any of the seats in the Bihar assembly polls," Patra said.
