'Restless about keeping his politics going': BJP's Dilip Jaiswal lashes out at Rahul Gandhi
Bihar's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President
Dilip Jaiswal
on Thursday lashed out at Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi
for accusing the
BJP
government of "suppressing truth" about deaths in
Maha Kumbh
earlier this year and stated that he was restless about keeping his politics going.
"He is restless about keeping his politics going. He himself doesn't know what he says when. When PM Modi is making a new identity for India in the world, at the same time, Rahul Gandhi is worried about keeping his politics alive," Jaiswal told ANI.
On June 11, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP government in
Uttar Pradesh government
of "suppressing truth" about deaths in Maha Kumbh earlier this year and alleged that "like in COVID, the bodies of the poor were erased from the statistics".
"BBC report reveals that figures of deaths in Kumbh Mela stampede were hidden. Like in COVID, the bodies of the poor were erased from the statistics. Like after every major railway accident the truth is suppressed. This is the BJP model - if there is no counting of the poor, then there is no responsibility either!" Gandhi stated in his X post.
Thirty people were killed during stampede in Maha Kumbh on Mauni Amavasya.
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The Uttar Pradesh government had announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh for the families of the deceased in the stampede and a
judicial inquiry
was also set up.
Earlier in March, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand
Rai
, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha that asked about the number of persons killed and injured during the recent
Maha Kumbh Stampede
, said that "No such data is maintained centrally."
Rai said that 'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.
Organization of religious congregations, crowd management, provision of amenities to devotees, prevention of any type of disaster during the congregation, etc., are closely linked to 'public order', which is a state subject.
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