BENGALURU: (Jun 5) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday turned emotional over the loss of lives due to the stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium and said that Bengaluru has lost its image due to the incident that claimed 11 lives.<\/p>\n
Reacting to allegations by the opposition that police had not given permission for celebrations, he said, \u201d I don\u2019t want to react to any of these BJP guys. I am only answerable to the people of Karnataka and people of the country. All BJP persons are nonsense\u2026 They are also the mastermind of these dirty things.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also accused that the opposition BJP and JD(S) are playing politics on dead bodies and said that the state government has taken full responsibility for the incident.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters he said, \u201cWe are deeply hurt. The victims are our own family. The image of Karnataka, the image of Bengaluru\u2026Yes we take it (responsibility). We are not blaming others though it has happened very unexpectedly. No one expected such a crowd. After 18 years (of wait for RCB\u2019s victory), I don\u2019t know what was boiling in the youngsters and they all came. That is debatable\u2026things have happened\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow let us be part of the grief. We want to respect the deceased. My CM is also shocked, my home minister is also shocked and the entire state is shocked. The state is mourning over this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
As he spoke, he turned emotional saying those who died in the incident are all family members and said the government never expected such a big gathering.<\/p>\n
When pointed out that he turned emotional, he said, \u201cSee of course it is all about family members\u2026we never expected such a big gathering. The image of Karnataka, the image of Bengaluru has lost\u2026families have lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
Responding to a request made by a woman to not conduct post-mortem of her son\u2019s body, he said, \u201cThe mother of a child who died in the stampede said please don\u2019t do the post-mortem, give the body to me. How can we do it? We have to take up a legal\u2026(course). Because tomorrow something may happen and (questiones would be raised) if it was done it in a proper way? Whether it was an accident, whether someone has stamped him or stabbed him that report has to come from the health authorities. Only if a post-mortem is done, we will know it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Recounting his visit to the stadium after the incident, he said, \u201cI just checked the gates..how many gates were there, lot of issues were there\u2026I think the magistrates will definitely look into it. We are very serious in this.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that his party at the national is very much concerned about this issue, too. We will try to find a solution for this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BENGALURU: (Jun 5) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday turned emotional over the loss of lives due to the stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium and said that Bengaluru has lost its image due to the incident that claimed 11 lives. Reacting to allegations by the opposition that police had not given permission […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n