Bhopal, Jan. 2 -- Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitendra (Jitu) Patwari on Friday slammed the state government over Indore's contaminated water incident, alleging that corruption and arrogance of power were responsible for the deaths of several people.

He also alleged that there was lack of coordination between the public representatives and officials of the Indore district administration.

"The arrogance of power and corruption is responsible for the deaths of people after consuming contaminated water in Indore. These deaths are actually murder. A meeting of public representatives and officers was held in Indore yesterday in which it came to light that there is a lack of coordination between officers and Indore Mayor. Additionally, ...