Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Nainar Nagenthran on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister M.K. Stalin over the Karur stampede of September 27 that claimed 41 lives and injured many during actor-politician Vijay’s TVK rally.

After visiting the injured and bereaved families along with a BJP parliamentary fact-finding team, Nagenthran said the tragedy exposed “serious administrative failures” and demanded that the investigation be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

He said the team was “deeply moved by the pain and anger” of those affected and asserted that there was no public confidence in the one-man inquiry commission.

“Only a neutral and independent CBI investigation can bring out the truth,” Nagenthran said, before outlining a series of 12

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