Lucknow, March 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Rai on Tuesday accused the state government of not telling the truth about the death toll during the stampede on Mauni Amavasya at the Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025.

Rai further alleged the state government was sending cash to the families of those who died in stampede without giving a death certificate and this indicated a cover up.

The UPCC chief demanded that the state government should declare the list of those who died in the stampede in Mahakumbh.

He quoted a case of a resident of Singhbhum district of Jharkhand who allegedly died on Mauni Amavasya at the Prayagraj Mahakumbh. He said the state government has not issued a death certificate in this case though t...