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Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has blamed Chandrababu Naidu for the deaths.
Hyderabad:
Three women person died successful a stampede astatine a rally of Telugu Desam president and erstwhile Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu successful Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district. This is the 2nd incidental successful a span of 4 days that radical mislaid their lives astatine a nationalist lawsuit of Mr Naidu's Telugu Desam Party, which has been holding a bid of governmental meetings crossed the authorities successful mentation for the 2024 assembly elections successful the state.
A apical constabulary serviceman from Andhra Pradesh told NDTV the nationalist gathering had been completed and Mr Naidu had near the venue for his residence erstwhile the calamity took place.
After the nationalist meeting, determination was a programme by section Telugu Desam Party leaders to administer sarees arsenic gifts from Chandrababu Naidu to the women for Sankranti, the harvest festival coming up successful 2 weeks.
"Some 4,000 women had gathered to get the Chandrababu Sankranti Kanuka. Barricades had been erected, truthful queues could beryllium maintained. On the different side, meal packets were being distributed. Suddenly a barricade gave mode and the stampede happened," the serviceman told NDTV.
On Wednesday, 8 radical -- 1 of them a pistillate -- died successful a near-stampede successful Nellore territory during a roadshow by the erstwhile Chief Minister. Several radical fell successful an unfastened canal arsenic locals successful Kandukur waited for a glimpse of Mr Naidu, who was coming determination for a roadshow.
Mr Naidu had instantly cancelled the gathering and announced a compensation of Rs 24 lakh to the families who person mislaid their loved ones.
"This is simply a bittersweet incident. I'm feeling precise atrocious astir it… We volition supply fiscal assistance, aesculapian attraction to the injured and enactment the acquisition of children,'' Mr Naidu has said.
Mr Naidu had subsequently continued with his governmental meetings, which came successful for criticism.
He, however, has been severely criticised by the ruling YSR Congress, which called it "fake publicity".
Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has blamed the Telugu Desam Party main for the deaths, saying his "publicity mania" caused the tragedy, and demanded an contiguous and nationalist apology.
Mr Reddy has expressed daze implicit the stampede successful Guntur. The officials person been directed to supply each imaginable aesculapian assistance to the injured. He has assured that the authorities enactment to the families.
Mr Reddy's enactment has been nether unit since Mr Naidu had stepped up the gait of his rallies and governmental meetings. The monolithic crowds astatine his programmes are seen arsenic an denotation of the resurgence of the TDP, which faced a crushing decision earlier the YSR Congress successful 2019.
Mr Naidu has said the 2024 elections volition beryllium his past if radical did not elite his enactment backmost to power.
Mr Naidu's son, Nara Lokesh, volition soon commencement a ft march that's expected to beryllium a younker platform. The 400-day march, which volition screen much than 4,000 km, begins from January 27.
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