New Delhi, June 11 -- BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday slammed the Congress government in Karnataka for making the police a "scapegoat" in the Bengaluru stampede that left 11 people dead and several injured. He accused the Congress government of looting the people of Karnataka and making false promises to them.

"Congress party has only one thing to do with Karnataka, which is to take money from Karnataka and give inflation in return. In any other incident, including the death of 11 people, Congress does not have to do anything with it," Poonawalla told ANI.

"Congress has only made fake promises there and looted their money. And now, the scapegoat is being sought in this matter. Police were made a scapegoat here. The police menti...