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‘Did not pay condolences’: Rahul Gandh targets PM Modi on Maha Kumbh speech in LS
Mar-18-2025

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha (LS) Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address on Maha Kumbh in Lok Sabha. He criticized PM Modi for not expressing the condolences to people who lost their lives in the stampede in January during the recently concluded Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh.

Speaking to the media outside Parliament, Rahul Gandhi said, ‘I wanted to support what the PM said, Kumbh is our tradition, history, and culture. There was one thing the PM did not pay condolences to people who lost their lives in Kumbh’. ‘Those who went to Kumbh also want employment, he should also speak on employment’.  LoP further took a swipe at LS speaker Om Birla after he was not given permission to speak. He said, ‘LoP should be given permission to speak, but I guess it is a new India’.

Earlier, PM Modi addressed the LS on Maha Kumbh during the ongoing Parliament budget session. PM had praised Maha Kumbh 2025 as a milestone for the country, attributing its success to the people of India, Uttar Pradesh, and Prayagraj. In a pointed remark aimed at the opposition, PM Modi stated that the success of the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj had silenced the doubts and fears raised by certain critics regarding India's capabilities.

A stampede during the Mauni Amavasya bathing ritual at the Mahakumbh mela claimed at least 30 lives and left 60 others injured. PM Narendra Modi had also expressed his condolences on social media, calling the accident ‘extremely sad’. 


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