New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Sunday said that the prima facie evidence in the New Delhi railway station stampede incident depicts that it was "a case of callous mismanagement."

Lashing out at the government, she said that the government was aware of the number of people who would be coming to Delhi for the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela. The government has not learned their lesson even after the stampede that occurred in Mahakumbh, Karat added.

"We know that the railways have set up this inquiry committee. But the prima facie evidence shows that this is a case of callous mismanagement. The Central government is very well aware, in fact, the kind of publicity that was given ...