India, Jan. 29 -- After the deadly stampede broke out on Wednesday at the Triveni Sangam at Maha Kumbh mela in Prayagraj, religious leader Premanand Puri has blamed the administration for the tragedy saying that it was busy catering to the VIPs.

While talking to the media, in a video which is now in wide circulation on social media, Mahamandleshwar Premanand Puri is heard saying that the administration was not bothered with the preparations at the Maha Kumbh. "The administration was busy serving the VIPs. I saw that every VIP that attended the Maha Kumbh, the administration was busy just catering to them, it was not bothered with any preparations for the Kumbh," he said.

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He also said that the tragedy would h...