New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday lashed out at former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav over his remarks regarding "thousands being killed", labelling it as a "lie". He said that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader should be "ashamed" for making such "cheap statements".

"It is an absolute lie that thousands of people have died at Maha Kumbh... He should be ashamed of giving such a cheap statement. How can one-fourth of the population of the country come to Maha Kumbh without any arrangements in place?" Sirsa remarked.

His reaction came after Yadav alleged that the government had made no necessary arrangements for the devotees at the New Delhi Railway Station, where a stamp...