New Delhi, June 30 -- Condoling the loss of lives in the stampede near Gundicha Temple in Odisha's Puri, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said protecting lives is paramount and any lapse in this responsibility is unacceptable.
He said the tragedy is a serious warning that security arrangements and crowd management for such big events should be taken seriously and must be reviewed.
"The stampede during the Rath Yatra in Puri is extremely saddening. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families, and I hope for the speedy recovery of the injured devotees," the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said in a social media post in Hindi..
He appealed to the Odisha government to speed up the relief work and urged Congress workers to hel...