Uttar Pradesh: The Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over the stampede and other incident in Maha Kumbh, asserting the actual death toll must be revealed.
Yadav was referring to the stampede incident at Mahakumbh, which occurred on Mauni Amavasya, killing 30 people. She said that the government must hand over the bodies of the deceased to their kin.
Speaking with the media, Yadav said, “Because of the kind of incidents that happened, they are very condemnable. The way the administration has tried to cover it up, we just want the government to reveal the actual death toll. For those families who haven’t received the bodies of their relatives, the government should hand over the bodies to them and reveal the actual death toll…we see various incidents happening…those who lost their lives, their kin must get proper ex-gratia.”
Speaking about students dropping out from primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, the SP MP said that lakhs of students are no longer enrolling in primary schools and the government must reveal numbers.
“What is the condition of primary schools in the whole state? Lakhs of students are no longer enrolling in primary schools, the government should reveal the numbers first…Netaji has always supported Hindi and spoken about promoting it, Samajwadi Party has always backed this and we will do anything to promote Hindi further,” Yadav said.
Earlier today, Banerjee raised serious concerns over the management of Mahakumbh 2025, calling the event “Mrityu Kumbh” due to what she described as a lack of proper planning.