West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that Maha Kumbh has turned into ‘Mrityu Kumbh’ in view of the recent incidents of stampede and alleged that the true death toll at the mega gathering has been suppressed.At least 30 people died and 60 were injured in a stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj last month while 18 people lost their lives in a recent stampede at the overcrowded New Delhi railway station.
“Maha Kumbh has turned into ‘Mrityu Kumbh’. They (the BJP government) have hidden hundreds of bodies to bring down the toll,” Banerjee claimed while addressing the Bengal Assembly.
She also took a dig at saffron party legislators, claiming, “The BJP MLAs are afraid of facing me and that’s why they boycott the House whenever I speak