BHOLE BABA BREAKS SILENCE
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"Culprits won't be spared", says 'Bhole Baba' on Hathras stampede, urges people io have faith in government probe
Self-styled godman "Bhole Baba" Suraj Pal Singh addressed the Hathras stampede, expressing sorrow and promising justice for the 121 lives lost. Main accused Devprakash Madhukar surrendered, emphasizing cooperation with authorities. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited victims' families in Hathras, while CM Yogi Adityanath announced financial aid. A Judicial Inquiry Commission, led by Justice Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, will investigate the incident. Initial findings suggest chaos ensued when devotees sought blessings, causing a fatal stampede amid security measures at the religious gathering.
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"Why has Rahul Gandhi not visited victims of Kallakurichi liquor tragedy?" BJP on LoP's Hathras visit
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition, visited Hathras to meet the grieving families affected by the recent stampede. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticized the Congress MP for not visiting the families of victims in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu. At least 121 devotees lost their lives in a stampede during a religious 'Satsang' event of self-styled godman Suraj Pal alias 'Bhole Baba' in Fulari village, Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, on Tuesday.
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Hathras stampede: The day after, kin and locals grapple with grief
A deafening silence enveloped the mufassil sleepy town of Hathras near Aligarh, with heavy police deployment across the streets and especially at the district hospital. The silence was occasionally broken by the sounds of sirens, signalling a VIP was on the way or a body was being taken in an ambulance. Each time a police vehicle or vehicle of a minister or government official stopped, 60-year-old Surendra Singh ran towards the vehicle with one request - he wanted his wife's body to be released from the postmortem house inside the hospital.
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Hathras stampede claims woman's life, family searches for her missing five-year-old son
Rajkumari Devi mourns the loss of her sister-in-law Ruby, who died in the Hathras stampede, and is worried about Ruby's missing five-year-old son. Rajkumari, from Unnao, sat beside Ruby's body in an ambulance, expressing grief and frustration, stating, "It's only the poor who meet this fate, not the rich." Ruby and her son were among 60 attendees at a 'satsang' led by 'baba' Narayan Hari. The stampede killed 121 people and left over 2.5 lakh devotees in chaos. Ruby's father, Chhedi Lal, also mourned, noting the family’s devastating losses.
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Rajya Sabha condoles loss of lives in Hathras stampede
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge called on government to enact legislation aimed at preventing similar incidents in the future.
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Our Prime Minister as a global icebreaker
Over the last five years, wherever one travels, any inquiry about India from a foreigner is an embedded enquiry about what the Indian traveller thinks of the Indian prime minister. Whoever has done the PR job of making the two things synonymous has done a marvellous job of making it easy for Indian citizens to make friends with foreigners with a common point of reference, from which take-off point, any opinion, no matter how illogical it may be, is allowed.
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