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Congress submits memoranda to Gov in 75 districts, seeks list of Jan 29 Kumbh stampede victims

Meanwhile, supporters of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar on Tuesday burned an effigy of Mallikarjun Kharge over his remarks on the late PM in Ballia district. An effigy of Kharge was burned in Raniganj town too.

Kharge’s rally was part of the Congress’s series of programmes in Bihar themed on the Constitution (Archive)

A day after uproar in Parliament over Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks over the death toll in the January 29 stampede in the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, the party on Tuesday submitted memorandums addressed to the Governor Anandi Ben Patel in all the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh seeking her intervention to get the list of the deceased and injured released from the state government.

Meanwhile, supporters of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar on Tuesday burned an effigy of Mallikarjun Kharge over his remarks on the late PM in Ballia district. An effigy of Kharge was burned in Raniganj town too.

The protesters, several of them BJP members, also demanded Kharge’s dismissal from the Rajya Sabha. Chandra Shekhar, whose family also condemned Kharge’s remark, represented the Ballia parliamentary seat eight times in the Lok Sabha.

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A police official said people angry with Kharge’s remarks burned his effigy at TD College Chauraha of the district headquarters.

Ballia Superintendent of Police Omvir Singh said no FIR was filed in the matter. Chandra Shekhar’s grandson and BJP MLC Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu in a post on social media denounced Kharge over his statement. “The way Shri Kharge ji misbehaved with MP Shri Neeraj Shekhar ji in the House shows his feudal mentality. The downfall of Congress happened only because of his thinking…”

—PTI inputs

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