Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday met the families of those who lost their lives in the stampede in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, here, according to Congress leaders. Gandhi left Delhi early Friday morning by road for Hathras and was accompanied by state Congress chief Ajay Rai, state Congress in-charge Avinash Pande, party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate and other functionaries.
The Congress leader landed at Pilakhna village in Aligarh around 7.15 am after leaving by road from Delhi. Later, Gandhi is scheduled to meet the families of the stampede victims in Hathras’ Vibhav Nagar area. According to police, of the 121 people who died due to the July 2 stampede, 17 were from Aligarh and 19 from Hathras. “Rahul ji left for Hathras from Delhi around 5.10 am (on Friday),” Rai told PTI.
Detailing the Congress MP’s agenda for the day, Rai said, “Rahul Gandhi will pay a condolence visit to the family of the victims of the Hathras tragedy at Pilakhna in Aligarh. Later, he will meet the families of the victims at Green Park and Vibhav Nagar near Navipur Khurd in Hathras.” Rai had told PTI on Thursday that Gandhi will meet the family members of the victims of the Hathras stampede tragedy, which claimed the lives of 121 people at a religious gathering. He had blamed the Uttar Pradesh government for the incident.
“The Hathras incident is a failure of the Uttar Pradesh government… Yesterday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Hathras and later Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak also visited there. But they did not go together; this shows the infighting,” Rai said while addressing the media at the state party headquarters here.
Rai also reiterated the Congress’ demand for compensation of Rs 10 crore to the families of those killed in the stampede and Rs 25 crore to the injured. “We also want a sitting Supreme Court judge, not a retired judge, to conduct a judicial inquiry into the incident,” Rai said.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday formed a three-member judicial commission headed by a retired High Court judge to probe the Hathras tragedy and also to look into the possibility of a conspiracy behind the stampede.
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