Siddaramaiah mentions Maha Kumbh stampede while speaking on Bengaluru stampede
While speaking about the stampede in Bengaluru during RCB victory celebrations, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah mentioned the stampede that broke out during Maha Kumbh earlier this year. "Fifty-sixty people died in Kumbh Mela...I did not criticise...If Congress criticises, then that is a different matter...Did I or the Karnataka government criticise?" he purportedly asked media persons.