New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 4 -- Samajwadi Party chief and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh must release the actual death toll in the stampede which took place at Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj late last month.

Akhilesh alleged the BJP government suppressed the actual toll and also appealed for an all-party meeting on the stampede.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the Army should be employed in the disaster works besides alleging that JCB machines were used to lift the dead bodies from the mela.

While Akhilesh demands action against the one held responsible, the Supreme Court rejected the plea seeking action against Uttar Pradesh government offici...