Bengaluru, June 5 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday demanded a judicial probe by a sitting High Court judge and compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the families of each deceased victim in the stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium ahead of IPL winners Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) victory celebrations.
Eleven people died and 33 others were injured on Wednesday in the tragic incident.
Launching a scathing attack on the Congress-run Karnataka government, BJP state president Vijayendra Yediyurappa held it "squarely responsible" for the stampede.
He said the incident denoted a "criminal failure of governance".
Addressing a media conference, Vijayendra accused the Congress government of turning a celebration into a "catas...