New Delhi, June 11 -- BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday lashed out at Karnataka government for terming Bengaluru stampede as an "accident" and said that it was a "state-sponsored murder."

Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla said, " When the entire country knows that Bengaluru stampede was a man-made and state-sponsored murder, in which Siddaramah and DK Shivkumar are involved, then instead of taking responsibility, the Congress party is blaming the public and calling it an accident."

Poonawalla alleged that the Congress government is blaming the public and police for the stampede to save Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar.

"To save the CM and the deputy CM, the police and the public are being blamed. ...