Bengaluru, June 5 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday alleged that the opposition BJP actively encouraged the public parade and is now attempting to distance itself from the fallout, in the wake of the tragic stampede during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebrations.
"If you look at yesterday's social media posts by the official BJP handles and their leaders, they were the ones suggesting that the victory parade should go ahead, even proposing an open-bus victory lap. Now, the BJP has deleted those tweets and is saying the event could have been better managed," Kharge charged, accusing the BJP of political double-speak.
Kharge's remarks come amid rising criticism of the Congress-led state government after the ...