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  • TMC panel meets households of stampede sufferers in Bengal’s Asansol, assures lend a hand

    By way of PTI

    KOLKATA: A five-member TMC delegation on Sunday met the households of the ones killed within the stampede in Bengal’s Asansol, and confident all conceivable help to them.

    The delegation, led by way of state business minister Shashi Panja, additionally prolonged monetary lend a hand to the households.

    Six folks had been arrested for his or her alleged position in triggering a stampede on Wednesday all through a blanket distribution programme of the BJP, which left two girls and a 14-year-old lady useless and 5 injured.

    Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who had additionally attended the non secular tournament, left sooner than the blanket distribution initiative started.

    The police had mentioned that no permission used to be given for the blanket distribution programme.

    The Mamata Banerjee executive had previous introduced Rs 2 lakh as repayment for each and every of the households of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

    Panja, all through the discuss with, blamed native BJP leaders, together with former Asansol mayor Jitendra Tewary and his councillor spouse Chaitali, for the tragedy, pointing out that “that they had disbursed tokens for blankets amongst 5,000 folks however the venue had house to deal with simply 500 folks”.

    She flayed Adhikari for attending a non secular tournament.

    “BJP leaders, in a bid to woo folks and get votes, organised a programme with minimal fear for security and safety of human lives. Can they carry again the 14-year-old lady, and two different girls whose deaths left their households shattered,” she mentioned.

    The TMC crew, additionally comprising ministers Babul Supriyo, Partha Bhowmik and Malay Ghatak, at the side of TMC state early life wing president Saayoni Ghosh, had been noticed consoling the relations of the deceased.

    “We’re all there that will help you. Our staff shall be incessantly for your aspect,” Ghatak, the state’s regulation minister, used to be heard telling the members of the family.

    BJP chief Jitendra Tewary, alternatively, criticised the Bengal’s ruling birthday celebration for “politicising the incident”.

    “At this hour of grief, they’re crowding flats of the bereaved households and irritating their peace,” he claimed.

    KOLKATA: A five-member TMC delegation on Sunday met the households of the ones killed within the stampede in Bengal’s Asansol, and confident all conceivable help to them.

    The delegation, led by way of state business minister Shashi Panja, additionally prolonged monetary lend a hand to the households.

    Six folks had been arrested for his or her alleged position in triggering a stampede on Wednesday all through a blanket distribution programme of the BJP, which left two girls and a 14-year-old lady useless and 5 injured.

    Chief of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who had additionally attended the non secular tournament, left sooner than the blanket distribution initiative started.

    The police had mentioned that no permission used to be given for the blanket distribution programme.

    The Mamata Banerjee executive had previous introduced Rs 2 lakh as repayment for each and every of the households of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

    Panja, all through the discuss with, blamed native BJP leaders, together with former Asansol mayor Jitendra Tewary and his councillor spouse Chaitali, for the tragedy, pointing out that “that they had disbursed tokens for blankets amongst 5,000 folks however the venue had house to deal with simply 500 folks”.

    She flayed Adhikari for attending a non secular tournament.

    “BJP leaders, in a bid to woo folks and get votes, organised a programme with minimal fear for security and safety of human lives. Can they carry again the 14-year-old lady, and two different girls whose deaths left their households shattered,” she mentioned.

    The TMC crew, additionally comprising ministers Babul Supriyo, Partha Bhowmik and Malay Ghatak, at the side of TMC state early life wing president Saayoni Ghosh, had been noticed consoling the relations of the deceased.

    “We’re all there that will help you. Our staff shall be incessantly for your aspect,” Ghatak, the state’s regulation minister, used to be heard telling the members of the family.

    BJP chief Jitendra Tewary, alternatively, criticised the Bengal’s ruling birthday celebration for “politicising the incident”.

    “At this hour of grief, they’re crowding flats of the bereaved households and irritating their peace,” he claimed.