Bengaluru: Amid Opposition’s backlash over the Bengaluru stampede, Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, on Friday asserted that the government has don’t its best to give justice and soon it will come up with a plan to ensure such events do not happen in future.
Speaking with the media, Shivakumar said, “My Chief Minister was kind enough to announce a judicial inquiry. Action has been taken on some of them. Investigation is underway. Action has been taken, and the case has been handed over to the CID. What more can the Government do? The government has done its best to give justice, and we will come up with a plan of action to ensure that such events don’t happen in future.”
On the BJP asking for his resignation, Shivakumar said that they (BJP) are trying to do politics on dead bodies.
“Let them (BJP) demand (my resignation). They (BJP) are trying to do politics on the dead bodies. We don’t want to do politics,” the Karnataka DyCM said.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for politicising the recent stampede. His remarks came after the BJP accused the Congress-led state government of making the police a “scapegoat” in the incident.
CM Siddaramaiah said the state government has already taken action against officials who were found to be “visibly responsible” and “negligent in their duty.”
“They are doing it for politics. I don’t do politics. We have taken action against those who were visibly responsible and found to be negligent in their duty,” the Chief Minister said here.
Karnataka Police filed an FIR against the Karnataka Cricket Board Administrative Committee, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), among others, in the Bengaluru stampede incident. In response, KSCA has filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking the quashing of FIRs filed against it.
Eleven people died and more than 30 were injured in a stampede outside Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy stadium as a huge crowd of nearly 3 lakh people had gathered to witness the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru for winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday.