What Drama… They Are On A Firing Spree”: BJP MP After Bengaluru Tragedy

Calling the spree of suspensions in the wake of Bengaluru stampede deaths “drama”, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Friday hinted that scapegoating has taken place and accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Deputy DK Shivakumar of evading responsibility.  

Eleven people died in a crowd crush outside M Chinnaswamy stadium, as tens of thousands turned up to cheer Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s title win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier this week.

What drama is this? An honest police officer who is actually known for his integrity, as very few of such people remaining in the system these days, he is suspended. RCB is being hounded. And the political secretary of the chief minister, who advised him to not go ahead with the celebrations, is now sacked,” Tejasvi Survya, Bengaluru South MP who is in the US as part of the multi-party delegation carrying India’s Operation Sindoor message, told NDTV.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayanand, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s political secretary K Govindaraj and head of the information department, Hemant Nimbalkar, are among those who have been suspended since Wednesday, the day of the tragedy.

Earlier today, four people, including the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Marketing Head and DNA Event Management Company staffers, were arrested.