Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote an emotional letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in which he once again urged him to increase the amount of compensation for the victims of the Hathras stampede and demanded strict punishment for the people responsible for this incident.
In the letter written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress MP said that compensation should be given as soon as possible and proper treatment should be provided to the injured.
A total of 121 people, mostly women, died in a stampede at the satsang of preacher Bhole Baba in Hathras last Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi met the victims’ families on Friday morning.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced that the families of the deceased would be given Rs 2 lakh each and the injured Rs 50,000 each as compensation.
In his letter to the UP chief minister on July 6, Rahul Gandhi said, “The compensation announced by the Uttar Pradesh government is inadequate. I urge that the compensation amount be increased and it be given as soon as possible.”
The Congress leader said that the injured should be given proper treatment and proper compensation.
He said, “I am shocked by the news of the death of more than 120 people in the stampede incident in Hathras. I am writing this letter to you with pain in my heart and I know that you too must be feeling that pain.”
Rahul Gandhi said that he met many victim families from Aligarh and Hathras districts and tried to share their pain. He wrote in the letter, “The accident is so tragic that while meeting the family, I fell short of words to console them. Whatever many families have lost in this accident is not possible to compensate in any way, but we can definitely try to reduce their pain by helping the victim families in every possible way.”
The Congress leader said, “The victims’ families also shared with me that the negligence and insensitivity of the local administration is responsible for this entire incident. A proper and transparent investigation in this case will not only be a step towards preventing such incidents in future, but it will also re-establish the faith of these victim families in the justice system.”
