Kolkata, Feb. 19 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday termed Maha Kumbh as "Mrityu Kumbh (Kumbh of death) and slammed the Narendra Modi Government for tolerating humiliation of Indian immigrants who were deported back to India in chains.
Speaking in the State Assembly Banerjee alleged how the BJP's efforts to use religion to earn money had backfired.
Banerjee said, "Incidents like stampedes may happen in such big events but the question is whether the deaths could have been avoided with better planning. They only went about blindly publicising the event without caring for the common people. Only VVIPs' interests were taken care of. Maha Kumbh has turned into Mrityu Kumbh."
Alleging that the Uttar Pradesh Government hid fac...