Congress leader Rizwan Arshad responds to BJP's allegations, says "We own responsibility"

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Bengaluru, June 4th 2025 (ANI): Amid mounting political tensions following the tragic stampede at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Congress leader and Bengaluru Central MLA Rizwan Arshad responded to the BJP’s accusations of mismanagement by the state government.

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00:00See, overnight there was a request early morning from the Cricket Association that they have invited the team and there is a celebration.

00:09The capacity of the stadium was 33,000. The people gathered there were more than 3 to 4 lakh and there was a stampede.

00:18And if the administration was not alert, it could have been a bigger tragedy.

00:22And this unfortunate incident should not have happened.

00:26It has ruined the whole, you know, whatever people were happy with and it should never have happened.

00:35The government has clearly said we have ordered a magisterial inquiry within 15 days.

00:40We will inquire, we will fix responsibilities.

00:43If anyone is found guilty of not performing their duties the way they should have done it, then there will be an action.

00:53Is the GDP saying his resignation?

00:55B.J.P. can do, B.J.P. can do politics.

00:59If the event is totally politicalized from the government.

01:02B.J.P. can do politics. We are not here to do politics.

01:07There are hundreds of stampede incidents where B.J.P. is in power.

01:12We are not pointing at that. It's our responsibility.

01:15We are owning the responsibility.

01:17We will inquire into it and we will surely, you know, go to the depth of the matter and we will fix the things, fix the responsibility.

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