Inside hours of the stampede on the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, leaders of Opposition events focused the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath authorities in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that “mismanagement” and “VIP tradition” led to the mishap and deaths.
Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi blamed the “VIP tradition” for the incident and stated it must be curbed and the federal government “ought to make higher preparations to satisfy the wants of widespread devotees”.
“Mismanagement and the administration’s particular concentrate on VIP motion, as an alternative of widespread devotees, are liable for this tragic incident,” he stated.
SP chief and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav prompt that the administration and administration of the Kumbh must be handed over to the Military to revive belief among the many devotees and the sants. “Those that are making tall claims of world-class preparations on the Maha Kumbh… ought to take ethical duty for the deaths and may resign from their positions,” Yadav stated, calling for stepped-up surveillance from the air.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge additionally blamed “VIP motion”, “half-baked preparations” and “consideration to self-promotion fairly than administration and mismanagement” for the incident.
UP Congress president Ajay Rai stated the state authorities was “busy in caring for VIPs” and “destroyed” the preparations. “This incident is a failure of the federal government. The VIP system is throughout… There aren’t any preparations for atypical devotees,” Rai stated.
Ujjwal Raman Singh, Congress MP from Allahabad, demanded an inquiry led by a sitting decide of the Supreme Courtroom into the incident.
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Thirty folks died and at the very least 60 have been injured in a pre-dawn stampede Wednesday on the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj the place lots of of hundreds gathered to take a dip on the Sangam.
The warmth shall be on the native administration, the Yogi Adityanath-led
Uttar Pradesh authorities.
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AP govt WhatsApp governance scheme
The Andhra Pradesh authorities is about to introduce what is named ‘WhatsApp governance’ beginning Thursday, enabling folks to avail themselves of 161 providers via the messaging app.
Officers gave Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu an illustration on this new programme throughout a evaluation assembly held on the secretariat on Wednesday.
“Within the first part, the federal government makes 161 providers obtainable on this. Officers defined to the CM through the presentation, on how folks availing these providers will select their choices,” stated an official press launch.
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Providers pertaining to the Endowments, Power, APSRTC, Income, Anna Canteens, CM Aid Fund (CMRF) and Municipal Departments could be supplied within the first part and the second part is predicted to vow extra providers.
Additional, the CM directed officers to make sure that folks’s knowledge doesn’t fall into the fingers of cyber criminals and known as for the strengthening of forensic and cybersecurity.
On October 22, 2024, the state inked a take care of Meta to increase providers via whatsapp.
IT Minister Nara Lokesh is predicted to inaugurate WhatsApp governance providers on Thursday, the press launch added.
— With PTI inputs
