New Delhi, June 5 -- Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is also the president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular), has hit out at the Congress-led administration over the stampede deaths at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday, describing the tragedy as the "defining image of a callous and self-obsessed government."
Kumaraswamy held Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar personally responsible for the tragedy that claimed 11 lives during RCB's homecoming parade, accusing him of poor judgement, and a dangerous obsession with personal glorification.
The Union Minister demanded that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah immediately dismiss his deputy from the cabinet.
Addressing the media late Wednesday night from his official residen...