Bengaluru stampede deaths will shadow RCB's great IPL triumph: Rajdeep Sardesai's take

The Bengaluru stampede has once again exposed how crowd frenzy can rapidly descend into a human tragedy in this country. What makes this particular tragedy even worse is how and why did the celebrations continue even as reports of death were streaming in. The local administration and the event organisations have much to answer. Were they really prepared to handle this crowd surge? And if they were not, what mattered more, a public spectacle with netas associating themselves with cricketers or crowd safety?

There is a Congress government in Karnataka, so the BJP is calling for political resignations and accountability. A few months ago, during the Kumbh Mela, it was a BJP government in Uttar Pradesh that was in the dock. This is not a time for the usual whataboutery, but to ensure that those responsible for gross negligence are taken to task...