New Delhi, June 6 -- Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday slammed the Karnataka government for the "blunder" of suspending senior police officers following the stampede in Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy stadium, claiming that while the police had warned about any possible mishaps beforehand but the state government went against the advise to use the IPL trophy for their image.

He claimed that after the incident occurred, the government blamed the police for its "failure," but a failure of the police also means a failure of the state government.

"Yesterday's decision taken by this government about the suspension of five senior police officers is another blunder made by this government. The entire fault lies with the government. To build the...