MAMATA BAINERJEE QUESTIONS CLAIM OF 144 years of gap for Maha Kumbh, seeks expert verification | Latest Indian news

The West Bengal Prime Minister, Mamata Banerjee, doubled on Tuesday his criticism to the Prime Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, about the MAHA Kumbh stampede, stating that if the authorities do not plan correctly, then common people suffer.

Mamata Banerje also questioned the claims that Maha Kumbh Mela of this year is being carried out after a 144 -year -old gap, urging experts to verify the accuracy of this statement.

“Gangasagar is an annual event, but Maha Kumbh takes place every 12 years. The last kumbh mela occurred in 2014. If I am wrong, correct me. But that this maha kumbh takes place in 144 years is incorrect”, agency of PTI news cited mamata banerjee.

“If I am organizing a wedding ceremony, I must do so taking into account the amount of guests. For religious congregations, we must also follow the same planning and arrangements, ”added the main minister.

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The prime minister also referred to a fire in a private hospital in 2011 in Kolkata, in which more than 100 lives were lost, saying that he was aware that if the authorities did not plan properly, ordinary people would suffer.

“We allowed awake all night until the autopsies were completed. We issued death certificates, compensation and compensatory appointment letters that same night,” he added.

The Western Bengal CM also addressed an previous excavation in Yogi Adityanath, where he called the Maha Kumbh after the stampede a “Mrityu Kumbh“, Claiming that the UP government had suppressed the number of deaths in the incident.

She said: “We have talked about the (lack of) planning (in Kumbh Mela) and that statement was distorted. I have never lacked respect for any religion in my life and I would never do it. “

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“No matter what abuse of Yogi Saheb, I will not give ampoules. I respect him as the main minister, ”said Banerjee as cited by NDTV.

The CM of Western Bengal also stressed that their government spoke from experience, since they also organized the Gangasagar Mela. She said: “We do not sleep for four five days in a row. During Durga, we maintain a constant vigil until the carnival ends so that an incident (unpleasant) does not take place as a large number of people from different states visiting the State.”

Mamata Banerjee in Maha Kumbh Stampede Death.

The main minister of Western Bengal demanded that the UP Government release the amount of compensation to the families of those killed in the stampede in Prayagraj, and also provide adequate death certificates.

“It would be my demand for the UP government, for cm yogi Adityanath, which since they have announced ex gratia for the families of those killed in Kumbh Mela, they must immediately free them,” said Banerjee.

“There are many (kumbh pilgrims) who have died in accidents, or while trying to address trains and all should be compensated,” he added.

Referring to the fire in Kolkata in 2011, he also said: “Families that are affected, have not even given post -mortem certificates or death certificates. We have made postmortems of the bodies that arrived here (reference to Kolkata’s fire). I don’t know what happened in other states. “

The UP government has announced compensation for ₹25 Lakh each for the families of the people who lost their lives during the stampede in Kumbh Mela.

Mamata Banerje’s response occurs a day after UP cm Yogi Adityanath, approached criticism against his government in the state assembly and said: “The vultures obtained corpses, the pigs occurred as dirt, while sensitive people obtained a beautiful Image of relationships, merchants obtained business, devotees clean arrangements. “