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Madhya Pradesh Congress main Jitu Patwari connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) alleged that the authorities government's negligence led to the deaths of much than 20 children pursuing depletion of a "toxic" cough syrup, and sought the resignation of the Health Minister and a CBI probe into the fatalities.
Calling it an offence of culpable homicide, helium besides demanded that a lawsuit beryllium registered against the cause controller, and the Principal Secretary of the authorities wellness section beryllium removed from the post.
At slightest 22 children from Madhya Pradesh, mostly from Chhindwara, person died truthful acold owed to suspected renal nonaccomplishment linked to the depletion of Coldrif cough syrup manufactured astatine Kancheepuram successful Tamil Nadu. Some different children are presently undergoing attraction astatine the hospitals successful Maharashtra's Nagpur.
G. Ranganathan, the proprietor of Sresan Pharma, the institution that manufactured Coldrif, has been arrested.
Talking to reporters, Patwari claimed, "Over the past 3 months, much than 150 children's deaths person been recorded successful antithetic districts of the state. They were not caused by immoderate illness but were government-sponsored killings."
"The laboratory successful Nagpur had sent a study to the MP wellness section connected September 19, intelligibly stating that the deaths were caused by contaminated medicine and not owed to immoderate illness. But contempt that, the Health Minister did not enactment connected the study and continued to enactment successful festive events," helium alleged.
Many children from Chhindwara were rushed to hospitals successful Nagpur, astir 150 km from Nagpur for beforehand wellness attraction wherever they died of renal failure.
"More than 25 children person died aft consuming toxic Coldrif cough syrup. The archetypal decease occurred connected September 3, but adjacent aft 8 children had died, nary post-mortem procedures were conducted and nary departmental meetings were held," according to the Congress leader.
"We request that the Health Minister resigns instantly and the Principal Secretary (Health) beryllium removed. An FIR should besides beryllium registered against the cause controller and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe beryllium ordered. These deaths occurred not owed to immoderate unwellness but it is an enactment of culpable homicide," Patwari said.
The authorities wellness ministry is presently handled by MP Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla.
Patwari said his enactment would observe a one-day accelerated and clasp demonstrations extracurricular children's hospitals successful each districts to request accountability from the government.
"This is not simply a governmental contented but a substance of our children's lives. People indispensable rise their dependable and question the government. Use societal media and each disposable level to aftermath it up," Patwari appealed to the citizens.
