Karur tragedy might have been averted had DMK govt. taken precautionary measures, says Palaniswami

AIADMK basic secretary Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami on Sunday mentioned the demise of 41 individuals at actor and TVK founder Vijay’s rally in Karur might have been averted, had the federal government taken precautionary measures.

Citing The Hindu’s Ground Zero report, ‘In Karur, the place there was no method out’, revealed on Saturday, Mr. Palaniswami urged these “making an attempt to cover the errors of the State authorities, which did not guarantee acceptable safety preparations, to learn this text, realise the reality and communicate accordingly”.

“The individuals count on the fee of inquiry to look into the confusion over the safety preparations,” he added.

Citing a first-person account from the report, Mr. Palaniswami mentioned, “Why had been extra individuals allowed into the venue when there was a considerable delay that bumped into a number of hours after the permitted time interval? It is barely honest that such questions are raised towards the administration.”

Referring to a different account, Mr. Palaniswami mentioned, “Why had been the organisers not requested about precautionary measures? It is barely pure that there can be panic if there was an influence reduce. Did the Superintendent of Police name a gathering over the safety preparations for such occasions? Were necessities similar to consuming water mentioned? There isn’t any details about that.”

“If there is no such thing as a plan for any of those, it is just pure to surprise if the ruling social gathering supposed for such incidents to occur. Above all, why didn’t the police forestall the gathering of about 25,000 individuals when the venue might accommodate solely about 10,000 individuals?” he mentioned.

It was clear that the police, who had been involved about facilitating the entry, passage and safety of Mr. Vijay’s automobile amidst the gang, didn’t have the identical concern for most of the people, he alleged.

Pointing to the assertion of Additional Director-General of Police (Law & Order) S. Davidson Devasirvatham that there was one policeman for each 20 people on the occasion, Mr. Palaniswami mentioned, “Probably, it could be the norm as a result of he initially mentioned about 500 personnel had been concerned in safety. But he didn’t confer with the figures ever once more.”

He mentioned the individuals had been referring to pictures and video clips from the venue to contend that police personnel weren’t current in giant numbers. “There are info shared by the affected individuals and people current on the website. They can neither be rejected nor hidden,” the previous Chief Minister mentioned.