YSR Cong blames Naidu for stampede, demands his resignation

July 14, 2015 19:20

YSR Congress Party President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has blamed AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for the stampede at the Pushkar ghat and said that he should quit on moral grounds taking full responsibility for the incident.

Twenty seven pilgrims, 23 of them women, died in a stampede today on the banks of the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh on the first day of a major religious festival Godavari Pushkaram. "The Saraswathi ghat was reserved for VIPs but Chandrababu Naidu opted to offer puja at the main Pushkar ghat and it was blocked for two-and-a-half hours for the devotees. "When the barricades were removed, there was sudden surge as the devotees were waiting for long," he alleged.

He said there was no need for Naidu to be at the Pushkar ghat, which is meant for general public, as separate arrangements were made at the Saraswathi ghat for the VIPs.

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