MK Stalin On BJP MPs' Karur Visit: "No Panel For Manipur, Kumbh Stampede?"

The political row over the stampede in Tamil Nadu's Karur last week - at a rally headlined by actor and TVK chief Vijay, and in which 41 people died - escalated Friday after Chief Minister MK Stalin criticised the BJP for sending a delegation of opposition MPs on a fact-finding mission. Stalin pointed out no panel was sent to BJP-ruled Manipur after ethnic violence in May 2023 or the stampede during the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh, also ruled by the BJP, in January. He slammed the BJP for trying to score brownie points before next year's state election. "No probe panel was sent to Manipur or for Kumbh... but delegates were sent to Karur immediately," the DMK leader said. The dispatch of a delegation is "not due to care for Tamil Nadu... but due to the election" and the BJP is looking for "political gain" from Karur, he said

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