Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah called up Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take stock of the situation.As per the local sources and eyewitnesses accounts, around 2 am, the blaring sirens of ambulances and police vehicles rushing to the Sangam pierced through the continuous chants of mantras and shlokas echoing from loudspeakers across the Kumbh Mela area.Those injured in the stampede were taken to the central hospital established in the Mela area. Relatives of many injured rushed to the hospital, as did some senior administrative and police officials.Security personnel and rescue workers were seen carrying many of the injured on stretchers. People’s belongings, including blankets and bags, lay strewn around.The opposition hit out at the Centre over the stampede, with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav saying that those responsible for making tall claims about the “world-class system” at the event should take moral responsibility for the tragedy and step down from their positions. He also suggested to handover the Mela arrangements to the Army in order to avert any recurrence of such a tragedy.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge blamed “half-baked” arrangements and “paying more attention to self-promotion” while TMC termed it as a man-made tragedy holding the ruling BJP responsible for it. Even Aam Admi Arty also blamed the BJP for the stampede.
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