Calling the June 4 Bengaluru stampede an accident, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said action would be taken if there were any intentional missteps found.
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00:00Malikarjun Khadge has claimed that Bengaluru stampede was an accident.
00:05Glaring lapses that have been exposed, 11 people who lost their lives in that stampede.
00:10But Khadge says that the stampede was not intentional, he's called it an accident.
00:17Shocking statement coming in from Malikarjun Khadge.
00:21This at a time when the Karnataka government has been facing a lot of flack for the way they've handled the Karnataka stampede.
00:27For why the event happened in the first place, for why a green signal was given.
00:32And most importantly, how the Karnataka government has refused accountability, has refused to take responsibility.
00:39Rather, passing the buck every single time, at every opportunity.
00:44And now, Congress Chief Malikarjun Khadge, who comes out in their support.
00:49He's called the Bengaluru stampede an accident.
00:52He said it was not intentional.
00:55Let's listen in to that soundbite.
00:57I was entitled to this.
01:00You have to listen to these guys.
01:02You can see if they're coming in the next direction to this.
01:04Here, there are places of Lachsanitarna, no place in the next direction.
01:08I think they're in place.
01:09You can also see I'll come back home to that.
01:10I'll come back, I'll come back to that.
01:14I feel like this, someone who pops up on the sidelines.
01:16I'm not the one, they're in the middle.
01:17And you can see, they're in the middle of the quarter.
01:20I know, this is a tough time, I'm not the Pyramid teacher.
01:22But, see...
01:23If anything is intentional, then we will accordingly take steps, but this is an accident.
01:40It is definitely wrong and even our leaders have already apologized on the sale.
01:48We are not going to do anything. We will not do anything.
01:56I am coming across to my colleague Sagai Raj who stays with us on the broadcast.
02:00Sagai Raj, this possibly does not add up because at one end we understand that Rahul Gandhi is the lift with the Karnataka government on how they've handled the stampede so much so that they want to reshuffle the cabinet to send out a message to the people.
02:13On the other hand, Karge makes this statement.
02:17What is one to deduce?
02:23Karge has spoke to media in Kalburgi where he has mentioned that it is an accident that people have also apologized.
02:29I will say his leaders have also apologized for this particular tragedy which has happened near the stadium.
02:35And he has also said that when 40 to 50 people got killed in Kumbha Milan, nobody even demanded resignation.
02:41When he tried to appraise the issue when he has tweeted about it, many people even pounced on him and criticized his statement at that point of time.
02:49So these kind of accidents happen. At least our political leaders have apologized for this accident which has happened near the stadium.
02:57So you need to understand and emphasize on the statement of accident where Malik Arjun Kharke says that the tragedy of Stampede which has reported near Chinnaswami Stadium as an accident.
03:07But that is exactly the point, Sakai Raj, that this is a man-made tragedy.
03:11This could have well been averted. Eleven lives were lost.
03:13Had the Karnataka government not given a green signal to this event, it would not have happened.
03:19And they are continuing to pass the buck all along. The bigger point also is that the top brass has acknowledged this.
03:26And what we gather from what had happened in that meeting with Rahul Gandhi, where they are wanting to send out a message to the public and that is why they want to reshuffle the cabinet.
03:35Then why would Malik Arjun Kharke possibly call it an accident? Let's once again listen in to that statement.
03:40Since the beginning this year, he is a story for the night and the day he was never the same, but he has made a difficult decision after that.
03:51He is very intelligent, he is not the same as life-changing as a person of his career.
03:54They aren't the same as life-changing as the people at night.
03:58It is not the same as the Covid system, but it is not right.
04:01It is about a long time for years.
04:05See, Yavudev is doing intentionally,
04:12and is doing a purpose.
04:15It's not natural.
04:17Yavudev is doing intentionally.
04:20This is the end.
04:22It's the end.
04:23It's the end.
04:24It's the end.
04:25I want to come back to you on the usage of words by Malika Arjun Kharge.
04:30Yes, it wasn't intentional because everybody was out there to celebrate,
04:33and that was the intention of every person in Bengaluru,
04:37starting from the top to the bottom.
04:39But fact is that the authorities, the government were responsible
04:42to ensure that it happens in an orderly fashion,
04:45to ensure that basic guidelines are in place,
04:48such that such a tragedy would not have happened.
04:51And that was a major lapse on the part of the government.
04:54Karnataka government that is led by the Congress in Karnataka.
04:58Calling it an accident and saying that it was unintentional
05:02may not save the Karnataka government from it.
05:09Absolutely.
05:10Any kind of tragedy where it is Kumbha Mela
05:12or stamp it in Shunaswami Stadium is not intentional.
05:15People lost their lives,
05:17and definitely you cannot claim this as an accident.
05:20And if you notice that Karnataka government has time and again said
05:23that there is no involvement of government in organizing the event near Shunaswami Stadium.
05:27As we speak now, the case has been heard in Karnataka High Court
05:31where there is an argument even from the Advocate General stating that
05:34how the government got the information or communication from RCB and DNA
05:39when it comes to stamp it incident.
05:41So they time and again claim that there is no involvement of government.
05:45It is a failure of organizing body whether it is RCB, DNA or KACA.
05:52And the government was just a facilitator of security whether it is police personnel or others.
05:57But at the end of the day, it is the government who should be well aware about the people turnover
06:02in and around Shunaswami Stadium.
06:04They will relax together and your intelligence should be careful about gathering so many people
06:09or coming at one point of time.
06:12It is definitely going to be a matter of concern for the government,
06:15taking care of the security as well as an incident like stamp it.
06:19So definitely the onus is on the government as well even though they claim that they are not the organizing committee.
06:26But still, the government claims that they have no involvement with the KC and RCB.
06:31And even the politicians are defending themselves stating that when there are similar kind of incidents
06:36which has happened in Kumbh Mela or a flyover which was being constructed
06:40and collapsed before the inauguration, hundreds of them were killed.
06:44So they are also demanding that if the Prime Minister resign for that
06:48and even the Chief Minister say that there are hundreds of people who had been killed in Godra incident,
06:52whether then the Chief Minister resigned.
06:54And he has also pointed out one of the incidents in Chambaraj Nangar where 34 people were killed
06:58due to lack of oxygen supply during the Covid time.
07:02And then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bombay did not tender his resignation.
07:06So they are trying to highlight the instances where even these kind of incidents have happened even during BJP time
07:13and the BJP have never taken any kind of onus and tender the resignation.
07:17So they are trying to defend in this manner.
07:20On the other side, BJP continues to target the Karnataka Congress government.