Cong high command

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister: Union Minister for Food and Public Distribution, Pralhad Joshi, urged the Congress High Command to seriously consider the Chinnaswamy stampede tragedy on June 4 that claimed 11 lives and direct Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to resign.

Speaking to the media here on Friday, Joshi stated that Shivakumar should resign from the Deputy Chief Minister's post without a moment's delay. He added that CM Siddaramaiah himself should bear the moral responsibility for the incident.

Joshi questioned whether it wasn't an inexcusable offence that despite news spreading about "three deaths due to stampede at Chinnaswamy Stadium" while the programme was ongoing in front of Vidhana Soudha, the Deputy CM still went to the stadium and celebrated.