Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS)on Monday blamed the DMK government for the stampede at actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally in Karur on September 27 that claimed 41 lives and injured over 60 people.

In a strongly worded statement, EPS said eyewitness testimonies and detailed media reports leave no doubt that the tragedy was caused by administrative failure and political negligence.

“If the government had taken proper precautions and handled the event responsibly, these deaths could have been avoided,” he said.

Palaniswami raised a series of pointed questions to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the Home Department.

He questioned the decision to allow an uncontrolled inflow of people into an already congeste

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