New Delhi, June 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sambit Patra claimed that the Bengaluru stampede, which claimed the lives of 11 people, was "government-manufactured," claiming that there was a rift between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar.

Questioning the coordination between the police and the organisers of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) event for winning the IPL final at M Chinnaswamy stadium, Patra said, "This happened because of the issues between the CM and the DCM... The DCM said that the capacity of the Chinnaswamy Stadium is 35000, but 3 lakh people were present in the victory march. Why did that happen?... The police did not permit this victory march, so why was it carried out? Who decided to go ...