YS Jagan blames Naidu for Pushkaram stampede tragedy

Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the inquiry ordered by the State is only to cover up the failure and misdemeanor of Chandrababu Naidu of ignoring the VIP Ghat and opting for the main ghat to offer Pushkar puja.

“The inquiry is only to save the skin of the Chief Minister and to come out unscathed by making some officials as scapegoats and it serves no purpose. It is obvious that the incident occurred as the devotees were bolted for over three hours and the single entry was opened after Naidu left the spot,” YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said at Kovvuru in West Godavari on Wednesday.

Had Chandrababu Naidu honored the protocol and took the bath at the VIP ghat the mishap would have been averted. As he has ignored it, he is responsible for the death of more than 30 persons who died in the stampede, Jagan said.

“When the gates were opened after testing the patience of the devotees for over three hours, the surge was fast and furious and in the stampede over 30 lives were lost. Only Chandrababu Naidu should be blamed for the tragedy,” he said.

Had it been someone else, the person would have been jailed by now. He is directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths, he said.