Greater Bengaluru Bill: BJP to fight legally, says Ashoka
'We had asked the Governor not to approve the Bill as it violated the 74th Amendment. We will fight the law legally,' Ashoka said.
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Ashoka, reiterating the demand for resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, also announced that all his party legislators will contribute a month's salary to the kin of those deceased, who are in need, while urging the government to enhance the compensation to Rs 1 crore if it is not bankrupt.
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"People of the state are raising questions: who was at fault? So, call a special session of the legislature, let there be a discussion as to who was at fault, all the violations or flouting of laws need to be discussed, whether it was by police permission, DAPR, all of this should be discussed," Ashoka said. Speaking to reporters here, he said, let there also be discussion regarding providing compensation and all about the three inquiries that have been ordered -- magisterial enquiry (to be done by Deputy Commissioner), CID probe, and one-man inquiry commission under retired High Court judge John Michael D'Cunha. Also Read | 'Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar are the main culprits': BJP protests at Vidhana Soudha over Bengaluru stampede tragedy "All inquiries are being given to Cunha, he is had sought for an inquiry headed by a sitting judge of the High Court, we will continue to demand for it. Three days special session has to be called immediately. Leader of Opposition in Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and I will write a letter in this regard to the Assembly Speaker, Council Chairman and Chief Minister," he added. Pointing out that the government has announced compensation of ₹25 lakh to the kin of the deceased after criticism, Ashoka said, his party demands compensation of ₹1 crore each if the government is not bankrupt. A team of BJP leaders will visit the families of the deceased and try to console them, he added. Citing DCP Vidhana Soudha letter to the Secretary to the government on June 4, Ashoka hit out at the Siddaramaiah administration, and said the government did not consider what the police had said, and disregarded the conditions laid out by them to organise the victory celebrations. The DCP's letter clearly states that as the celebration event is being organised on the grand stairs of the Vidhana Soudha in a "hurry", he said, it warns that lakhs of people may gather, about the shortage of security staff, and that there will be a problem in providing bandobast. The officer further stated that, even if the event has to be held, the issuing of online or offline passes for visitors to Vidhana Soudha should be completely stopped. Also, as there are chances of the secretariat staff bringing their family members for the event, an order should be issued aimed at ensuring that this doesn't happen. It also seeks a holiday to be declared for secretariat staff to ensure that they too don't come, Ashoka pointed out. "The letter also calls for installation of more CCTV cameras in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha and nearby places, given the large gathering expected, and highlights the need for an anti-drone system," he said and alleged that the government threw all these conditions into the "dustbin" and organised the event. Also conditions laid down by the PWD department that only 25-30 guests would be allowed on the dias was also completely violated, Ashoka said, "when the rules were flouted on the dias at Vidhana Soudha event, do you expect rules to be followed by the people at the KSCA stadium event, as you have blamed over crowing for the tragedy?" "You people (in the government) took the lives of innocent people, but police officers and the police commissioner were suspended," he chided. The victory cup was won by Virat Kohli and the RCB team but the CM and Deputy CM tried to gain credit from it by organising victory celebrations at haste, Ashoka alleged and said, "If there was no friction between these two power centres, such a situation and deaths wouldn't have happened. Because of the friction between these two, we have seen the deaths." "Instead of attending to the situation with deaths happening, and consoling the families of the deceased, while one went to the stadium to attend the victory celebrations there and kissed the trophy won by the RCB, the other had gone to eat Dosa," he alleged indirectly referring to the Deputy CM and CM. He slammed them for going on with celebrations both at Vidhana Soudha and the stadium thereafter, despite deaths due to a stampede, and called them "inhuman".
Hans India
9 hours ago
- Hans India
Bengaluru stampede: Karnataka BJP stages protest against state govt at Vidhan Soudha
The BJP's Karnataka unit on Sunday staged a protest against the state government over the Bengaluru stampede that claimed 11 lives. The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, staged the protest before the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha. Former Dy CM C. N. Ashwath Narayan, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and others participated in the protest. Opposition Leader R. Ashoka said if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had not engaged in a "power struggle", youths would not have lost their lives. Pointing out the height of apathy, Ashoka said that instead of consoling the families who lost their near and dear ones, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar were focused on getting clicked with the trophy and players. "The police had informed them of the first death by noon. Eight young ones had already died when the event began, yet the programme continued, showing that these leaders have hearts of stone," Ashoka said. "On June 4, 2025, Vidhana Soudha police wrote to the Chief Secretary, clearly stating that the event was organised in haste, and due to a staff shortage, security arrangements would be compromised. They had also recommended prohibiting the event," he said. "The police had instructed that department staff and their families should not attend, yet families were present. Instructions for CCTV cameras were ignored, and drones were prohibited but used," he noted. "The government disregarded all these instructions. The directive to limit the stage to 20-30 people was completely violated, with 200 people, including 11 players, present on stage," he pointed out. Despite the event being listed as a government programme in the order, CM Siddaramaiah claimed it was not a government event, Ashoka charged. "Despite such law violations, police officers were suspended in the end. Action was taken against officers managing traffic on the roads, and even police station staff were suspended," he said. Ashoka demanded that the state government convene a special session of the Assembly to discuss the issue. "Three inquiries have been ordered, but it's unclear which one is genuine. A probe under a High Court judge is necessary, and we are all demanding it," he stated. "If the government is not guilty, it should provide Rs 1 crore as compensation. We will all donate one month's salary to the victims' families," he announced. "Winning a trophy is not new. No such incidents have occurred when other state teams won trophies. No other state's chief minister has gone to such events for publicity," he added.
