Chief of Opposition and Congress MP from Rae Bareli Rahul Gandhi in the present day visited the households of the folks affected by the July 2 stampede. Whereas going to Hathras, Gandhi additionally met the households of the victims in Aligarh. The stampede happened at a spiritual ‘Satsang’ occasion at Fulari village in Hathras during which 121 folks had been killed. After assembly with the Congress MP, a member of a bereaved household mentioned that there was no correct medical facility or preparations on the venue.
Chatting with the media after assembly the households, a cautious Rahul Gandhi blamed the administration for the stampede and didn’t utter any phrase towards Sakar Vishwa Hari Baba. “It’s a unhappy incident. A number of folks have died. I do not need to say this from a political prism however there have been deficiencies on the a part of the administration and the vital factor is that most compensation must be given as they’re poor households. I request Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath to offer compensation open-heartedly. If there’s a delay within the compensation, it won’t profit anybody. I had a private dialog with the members of the family of the deceased and so they informed me that there was no police association.”
हाथरस हादसे के पीड़ित परिवारों को सही मुआवजा मिलना चाहिए।
ये लोग गरीब परिवार से हैं, मुश्किल समय है इनके लिए।
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— Congress (@INCIndia) July 5, 2024
Rahul Gandhi additionally assured assist to the victims’ households. “He (Rahul Gandhi) assured us that he’ll assist us in each doable approach by way of his celebration. The administration on the ‘Satsang’ venue was not good. My sister-in-law may have been saved if there was a correct medical facility. There have been no correct preparations on the venue,” she mentioned.
Nitin Kumar, the son of deceased Shanti Devi mentioned that he went to the Satsang along with his mom however acquired separated from her through the incident. “My mom died. Her title was Shanti Devi. We went to the Satsang collectively. We had been separated through the Satsang. I got here out of the occasion earlier. When the Satsang was over I heard that stampede had occurred. I went there to seek out my mom. After a while I got here to know that my mom was taken to the hospital within the ambulance. My brother went to the hospital and noticed that she was useless,” he mentioned.
Reacting to the incident, Union Minister Nityanand Rai mentioned, “…It’s a very unhappy and delicate incident that’s being investigated totally and no matter details come out after the investigation, actually the state authorities is keeping track of it and the PM may be very delicate in direction of such incident. The cooperation which ought to have been given by the Central Authorities has been offered at the moment and no matter components will come out within the investigation, the state authorities will act on that.”
On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the location of the tragedy and ordered a judicial probe into the incident. A 3-member Judicial Inquiry Fee, chaired by Justice (retd) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, has been established to make sure a radical and clear investigation. The fee will study the stampede incident over the subsequent two months and submit its report back to the state authorities. In line with the preliminary report, the stampede occurred when devotees rushed to hunt blessings and accumulate soil from across the preacher’s ft, however had been stopped by his safety personnel. This led to pushing and shoving, inflicting a number of folks to fall and triggering chaos on the web site.
