Bengaluru, June 8 -- BJP MLAs S Suresh Kumar and Bharath Shetty Y have strongly criticised the Karnataka government over the stampede tragedy outside Chinnaswamy Stadium during RCB cricket team's IPL victory celebrations, which claimed 11 lives. Both MLAs held the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister responsible for the tragedy.

On Sunday, Kumar told ANI, "The buck should stop at the Chief Minister's chair. The Police had indicated their reservation about holding this public show. Eleven innocent lives have been lost, which is equivalent to the number of players in a cricket team.."

MLA Kumar demanded an unconditional apology from the government, stating, " Till now, the government should have come out with an unconditional apology....