It’s not the first such incident in country, says BJP chief

BENGALURU: Speaking about the death of children at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur on Monday, BJP president Amit Shah said it was not the first such incident in the country.

Re acting to Congress’ demand thatUtt ar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath step down in light of the tragedy, Shah said it was the opposition party’s job todemand the resignation.

“Itne bade desh main bahut saare haadse hue hain, yeh pehli bar na hi hue ha in. A ur Congress sarkaronmainbhi huihain.” (In such a big country, many such incidents have taken place, this is not the first time. And this has happened even under Congress governments.)

Shah said the deaths were a tragedy and an inquiry had been ordered by the state government, which was being monitored by the Prime Minister’s Office.

“But using this, you cannot deny our intentions to develop the poor. Those found guilty in the inquiry will be punished.”

Shah said Prime Minister Na rendra Mo di had expressed his grief over the incident to the press. “Twitter is not the only platform to express his views,” Shah added.

Regarding the UP government circular asking for Krishna Janmashtami to be celebrated with po mp, Shah said the order was in keeping with local traditions. “If peoplewant tocelebrate thefestival, we cannot stop them,”the BJP chief said.