Belongings of the devotees seen in the Sangam after a stampe The Maha Kumbh Mela in the early hours of Wednesday. | Photo credit: PTI
Kumbh Mela’s patterboard that was charged several lives in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, caused a political fight in Western Bengal on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) with the opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari accusing the main minister of the state, mamata banjee of Make a subtle excavation. .
While offering condolences about the tragedy, the main minister, Mamata Banerjee, published on social networks: “My learning of our gangsagar Mela is that planning and attention must be maximum in matters related to the lives of pilgrims in vast assemblies of people”.
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The opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari described the statements of the prime minister as a “subtle excavation” about the arrangement of gangasagar Mela and Kumbh Mela.
“Although his expression of sadness towards the victims of the tragic stampede in the Maha Kumbh felt genuine at the beginning, but the subtle excavation with respect to the comparison with the willingness of gangasagar Mela presented his hypocritical attitude. It seems that he was waiting for the opportunity to pretend sadness, ”published the opposition leader on the social media platform X.
At the beginning of the month, the Western Bengal Government organized the annual mella gangasogar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, where, according to the Western Bengala Government Ministers, around 1.10 million people participated.
The opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari said that Prime Minister Mamata Banerjee will never have the opportunity to plan and make arrangements for the assembly of more than five million people in one place in a single day like the ”Amrit Snan‘.
The Secretary of State of the Trinamool Congress, Kunal Ghosh, said that the tragedy highlights the “failure” of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
“The accusations that are emerging are that there were attempts to silence the tragedy and then the administration tried to make the news of the tragedy. It is a complete failure in the planning and implementation of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, ”said Ghosh.
The leader of the Trinamool Congress also highlighted Gangasagar Mela and said every year that the main minister visits the place abroad and the agreements and ministers are made to camp during the annual pilgrimage.
Published – January 30, 2025 12:01 am isth