00:00It's a very, very tragic and painful situation.
00:04Something is wrong in our country with crowd management.
00:08Every year there seems to be an incident.
00:10We remember Bangalore when at the stadium, again, a number of innocent lives were lost.
00:16And you hear of children being killed in both these incidents.
00:19Very, very heartbreaking.
00:21I'm not blaming anybody because it's very easy to play politics with all this.
00:26For me, the argument is about what can we do as a systematic policy nationally to protect ordinary people.
00:35People go in a spirit, whether it's to listen to a politician who happens to be a movie star,
00:39whether it's to celebrate a cricket team who are also like movie stars for us.
00:44If we are going for such purposes, surely the basic thing must be there must be some protocols or rules or standards in place.
00:52I feel a tremendous pain and grief at the loss of so many lives.
00:58Initial reports are 31, now reports are climbing up to 40.
01:02It's a very, very tragic and painful situation.
01:06Something is wrong in our country with crowd management.
01:10Every year there seems to be an incident.
01:12We remember Bangalore when at the stadium, again, a number of innocent lives were lost.
01:17And you hear of children being killed in both these incidents.
01:21Very, very heartbreaking.
01:23I'm not blaming anybody because it's very easy to play politics with all this.
01:28One group will say that it's the organizers of the rally who are at fault.
01:32Another group will say the state government is responsible for law and order.
01:35Third government will say the police were not there.
01:37That's not the argument.
01:38And for me, the argument is about what can we do as a systematic policy nationally to protect ordinary people.
01:47People go in a spirit, whether it's to listen to a politician who happens to be a movie star,
01:51whether it's to celebrate a cricket team who are also like movie stars for us.
01:55If we are going for such purposes, surely the basic thing must be there must be some protocols or rules or standards in place that this doesn't happen.
02:05I really mourn for the lost ones.
02:08I convey my condolences to the families.
02:10But at the same time, I earnestly appeal to the central government and all state governments
02:15to agree on a set of very strict procedures governing all large crowds in any circumstances
02:21so that we do not needlessly suffer the grief and anguish of loved ones being lost in these terrible stampedes.
02:29Look, everyone is responsible.
02:37I'm afraid it's one of these situations where the organizers of a political rally or a cricket rally or anything else,
02:44they get some portion of the responsibility.
02:47The state government has to also shoulder the responsibility for maintaining order.
02:51Public order is a state issue.
02:53And the police have a responsibility for also doing all of that.
02:56So clearly, pinning blame one or the other, what they call in Hindi,
03:01is not my kind of approach.
03:04I want a solution.
03:05I want to take steps so that in future, we don't have any such incidents.
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