Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Public Health and Medical Education, Narendra Shivaji Patel, on Wednesday blamed the Tamil Nadu government for the deaths of children allegedly caused by contaminated cough syrup, saying that officials of the MP government were “not as responsible” as those in Tamil Nadu.

Speaking to ANI, Patel said that Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is personally monitoring the case and that the state government is bearing all medical expenses of the hospitalised children.

“The Madhya Pradesh government is committed to take strict action against all those responsible in this incident and ensure that no guilty person should be spared. This entire incident occurred because of a factory in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government’s system is responsible for it, but the media

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