CM Jagan announces ex gratia for victimsÂ
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the three persons who died in a stampede during a TD freebie distribution programme in Guntur on Sunday. After the visit, she held TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu responsible for the stampede, saying “he is taking lives of public through his meetings and programmes”, referencing the Kurnool incident, where eight people died in a stampede. YSRC leaders were quick to jump on the issue, with ministers Jogi Ramesh, Kottu Satyanarayana, Karumuri Nageswara Rao, MLAs Malladi Vishnu, Md Mustafa and others holding Naidu responsible for the deaths. Delving into the incident, the YSRC leaders said that the TD failed to make proper arrangements, by undertaking distributions without setting up proper counters.