Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said an inquiry commission would be set up within the next two days to probe into the stampede near the Ratangarh temple here.
“A commission of inquiry to look into Sunday’s stampede would be set up within two days,” Chouhan said here, after meeting injured persons at a hospital.Chouhan said that the inquiry report would come in about two months and action on it will be taken within 15 days after its submission.
He said action would be taken against those who are responsible for the stampede, after taking permission from the Election Commission. The chief minister wished to visit the stampede site but could not go there as he did not get permission for it from the EC. The Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in the state on November 25.
Besides, later in a tweet, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said politics on any tragedy like the stampede at Ratangarh temple in Datia district is unwanted.
“Politics on any tragedy is unwanted. The focus should be on attending to the injured and taking steps to avoid any such incidents in the future,” Chouhan said in a tweet on the issue.
The Chief Minister would be visiting Datia-Ratangarh later in the day to review the situation, after getting a nod from the State Election Commission.Meanwhile, the State government has claimed that the government had in 2006 too had taken stern action against the guilty and this time too, nobody would be spared.