Commenting on the tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Wednesday: \u201cI don\u2019t blame my police department for the incident. The police have done their best. The police have worked beyond their capacity. The police couldn\u2019t have cane-charged the crowd. You have seen the massive crowd gathered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe crowd was so huge that we got the procession cancelled from the HAL airport. Later, they had requested to conducted parade from the Vidhana Soudha to the Chinnaswamy Stadium. It was also cancelled. The programme was wrapped up in 30 minutes at the stadium. I came by myself to ensure this and the crowds move out safely,\u201d Shivakumar said. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Answering a question on number of deaths in the stampede tragedy, Shivakumar stated that he cannot confirm anything related to the fatalities yet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"From Vidhana Soudha, the crowd was so much that I had to bring the Secretary and the President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in my vehicle. More than 5,000 police personnel were deployed to control the crowd. I do not have the information on fatalities and if get the information in this regard, I will inform you,\u201d Shivakumar said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He further said: \"This was not a controllable crowd. I apologise to the people of Karnataka and Bengaluru, as the crowd was uncontrollable... we stopped the procession. Since the rain started pouring, we stopped the programme at the Vidhana Soudha. We had also arranged an open vehicle and we had to cancel the victory parade.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, the BJP unit of Karnataka lashed out at the Congress led government in Karnataka for the tragedy. The BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra visited the Bowring hospital and spoke to the victims and their family members.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe state government was interested in publicity rather than arranging safety and security of the people. \u201cThere are more than 11 deaths as per my information. Many youths are in ICU. As per the statement of victims, there was no police and there were no ambulances. They had brought their friends and relatives to the hospital by themselves,\u201d Vijayendra charged.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI demand judicial enquiry regarding the incident. Let Chief Minister Siddaramaiah decide on who should take responsibility for this tragedy,\u201d Vijayendra stated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe state government was interested in publicity rather than arranging safety and security of the people. \u201cThere are more than 11 deaths as per my information. Many youths are in ICU. As per the statement of victims, there was no police and there were no ambulances. They had brought their friends and relatives to the hospital by themselves,\u201d Vijayendra charged.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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