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CPI(M) wide caput M.A. Baby connected Friday visited Velusamypuram, the tract of past Saturday’s stampede astatine histrion and TVK person Vijay’s rally, and met families of the victims.
While helium appreciated the State government’s contiguous alleviation measures and the assignment of a judicial commission, Mr. Baby added that helium hoped the enquiry would analyse the relation of the constabulary and the organisers.
He was portion of a delegation from the enactment that besides included Polit Bureau subordinate U. Vasuki, Central Committee subordinate K. Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha MP from Dindigul R. Sachidhanandam, Nagapattinam MLA Nagai Maali, and Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala V. Sivadasan.
The six-member squad visited the homes of the deceased and the infirmary wherever an teen lad is undergoing treatment, and met Sakthivel, lad of Chandra, 1 of the victims.
“Two years ago, Sakthivel had to discontinue his studies. Collectively, arsenic a tribute to his mother, who died successful the stampede, we persuaded him to resume his education. Our country committee has promised to oversee and enactment his studies. We person promised to show his advancement personally aft a year,” Mr. Baby said.
Declining to spell into item astir the tragedy, helium noted that retired Justice Aruna Jagadeesan had been appointed to pb a judicial inquiry. “She has already established her impartiality and competence successful delicate cases specified arsenic the Sterlite constabulary firing probe during the AIADMK regime. We spot her enquiry volition bring each those liable to book,” helium said.
Praises CM
Mr. Baby praised the actions of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. “The Chief Minister did not amusement immoderate inclination to utilise the incidental for politics. Ministers were sent to the spot immediately, helium himself visited the spot that precise night, and doctors and nurses worked connected a warfare footing. Within 8 hours, astir postmortems were completed. I don’t deliberation specified administrative and aesculapian ratio has been seen anyplace else,” helium said.
However, helium criticised the organisers. “Whether 500 constabulary unit were capable oregon not...the committee volition examine. But the superior work lies with the organisers. We recovered that determination had been nary announcements implicit the nationalist code strategy to calm the assemblage oregon modulate movement. There were nary volunteers ensuring discipline. The seven-hour hold successful Mr. Vijay’s accomplishment meant aged radical and children were waiting without drinking h2o oregon refreshments. This worsened the casualties,” helium said.
Referring to reports that Mr. Vijay threw down a fewer h2o bottles from his caravan erstwhile radical screamed for water, Mr. Baby said, “Some fans whitethorn person competed to drawback those bottles, adding to the chaos. He is not an experienced politician; immoderate of this whitethorn beryllium pardoned arsenic inexperience. But helium could not enactment backmost to assistance power the situation; astatine the archetypal opportunity, helium left. He waited 3 hours to react, and his video connection came lone aft 3 days. This is unbecoming of a seasoned governmental leader.”
Mr. Baby, however, was cautious to add: “We don’t privation to laic the blasted connected anybody oregon politically utilise this tragedy. Lives person been lost. In aboriginal this indispensable not hap again. The judicial enquiry should beryllium completed successful a time-bound manner, and nary liable should beryllium spared unnecessarily. At the aforesaid time, the authorities indispensable guarantee employment and enactment for affected families.”
On the BJP’s request for a CBI inquiry, helium said the enactment did not enactment it. “The judicial commission, with constabulary coordination, is the due mechanism,” helium said, adding, “If CPI(M) conducts a programme, we coordinate with the government. Here, specified coordination was absent. In specified a situation, enactment should person stayed backmost and controlled the crowd. Instead, the person disappeared.”
