Kolkata Durga Puja stampede hits BJP amid row over leaders’ role in Bengal’s puja committees
Police arrested seven people and detained 14 as the Special Task Force investigates the stampede that killed 19 and injured 25, officials said.
- On Saturday, a stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata killed 19 people and injured 25 others amid a massive rush of devotees.
- Kolkata Police arrested seven people and detained 14 others following the tragedy, while the Special Task Force initiated an investigation to establish accountability.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari visited injured at an Apollo hospital on Sunday; the West Bengal government announced Rs 25 lakh compensation and a job for each deceased person's family.
- The All India Trinamool Congress demanded accountability from the Bharatiya Janata Party , alleging a BJP MLA served as chairman of the puja committee.
- In a post on X, the AITC questioned whether police deployment for Amit Shah's security arrangements took precedence over public safety, asking if VIP protocols caused neglect of ordinary citizens.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Politics in West Bengal has heated up after the stampede at the Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata's Chor Bagan on Saturday evening. Amidst reports of several deaths and injuries to a large number of people in the accident, the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) has leveled serious allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. The TMC says that many influential people associated with the ruling party…
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Latestly“When will Suvendu get his ‘BHAIPO’ arrested?”: TMC targets Bengal CM over Kolkata stampede, alleges BJP links
"Guess who is closely associated with the Chorebagan Puja Pandal? @SuvenduWB’s BHAIPO. A @BJP4Bengal MLA also happens to be the Chairman of this Puja Committee! Where is the accountability? Who is responsible for all these deaths? When will the CM, who clearly has NO SHAME, resign?!" AITC said.
19 Die at a Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede. Months Ago, the BJP had Taken Over the Reins of the Organising Committee
The tragedy came as the CRPF and other central forces were withdrawn from the state for protest duty in Delhi, with state and Kolkata Police kept on standby, a senior state police officer said.
Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede: Focus On Other Nephew As Mamata Trinamool Seeks Arrest Of CM Suvendu’s Kin
Kolkata: Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been facing flak from his own party and the BJP since Trinamool Congress were voted out of power in early May. Now, it’s the turn of Mamata’s Trinamool to train guns on incumbent CM Suvendu Adhikari. A day after the deadly stampede at Kolkata’s Chorbagan Durga…
The Kolkata pandal tragedy that killed 19 people has sparked a political controversy. The Trinamool Congress has blamed a puja committee linked to BJP leaders for the stampede.
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