Hema Malini with eight-member ruling NDA delegation reaches Karur to take stock of situation
An eight-member Hema Malini-led delegation of the ruling NDA comprising Anurag Thakur, Braj Lal, Aprajita Sarangi, Rekha Sharma have reached Tamil Nadu’s Karur district to take stock of the situation following the death of over 40 people and over 60 injured at the rally by actor-politician Vijay on Saturday evening.
Other leaders in the delegation, constituted by BJP chief JP Nadda, and Tejasvi Surya Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde and Putta Mahesh Kumar from Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
It’s learned that the delegation is expected to submit a detailed report after assessing the situation on the ground and meeting the affected families.
On Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Union Minister L Murugan and Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran, met the families of those who died in the Karur stampede. As per Nirmala Sitharaman, amidst speaking to the media, she is unable to describe their sorrow. She is left shattered and in no mood to speak or console the bereaved.
Sitharaman also visited the Government Medical College Hospital in Karur.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu CM Stalin in a video message posted on his X handle stressed on the need to have rules for public events to be be organised responsibly so that tragedies like this do not happen again.
Adding that whatever happened in Karur is a great and cruel tragedy. that has never happened before and which never happen again. The scenes he had witnessed when he personally visited the hospital are still fresh before his eyes. He continues to remain in deep grief and sorrow.
Meanwhile, TVK’s district secretary Mathiazhagan was arrested in connection with the Karur stampede case.
Mathyiyalagan, who was held from near the Karur-Dindigul border, has been booked under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 125 (endangering life of others), and 223 (disobedience to order), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Two other TVK office bearers have also been named in the FIR into the stampede that occurred on Saturday. Besides Mathiyazhagan, TVK state general secretary Bussy Anand and party deputy general secretary Nirmal Kumar are also named in the FIR.
The BIG question is why did Vijay arrive 8 hours late to the rally. He needs to be questioned.
News Edit KV Raman
