New Delhi [India], February 4 (HBTV): After their protest in Parliament over the Mahakumbh stampede, Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said on Tuesday that 15,000 people have reported their family members missing since the incident and that the government is not providing any information.

Speaking to ANI, Yadav recalled that after the 1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had spoken in Parliament and provided the number of people who had died and those who were injured in the tragedy.

'When there was a big stampede in 1954, on the very first day, Jawaharlal Nehru said in the House that 400 people had died and 2,000 were injured. After that, the government had said that people come in such large numbers, without giving letters, without advertising, and urged no VIPs to visit, as it may cause inconvenience to people,' Yadav said.

The Samajwadi Party leader stated that, in contrast, the current Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's administration was busy making arrangements for VIPs and was not concerned about the commoners.

'But our Chief Minister is there every day, all the officers are busy ensuring the VIP lane is good, and they are not concerned whether the common people who visit drown or die... 15,000 people are saying that their family members are not being found, and the government is not providing any information,' the Samajwadi Party MP said.

A united opposition disrupted both houses of Parliament on Monday during the ongoing Budget Session, demanding an immediate discussion on the January 29 Mahakumbh stampede that claimed the lives of 30 people.

Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav condemned the state government 'for not releasing' the list of people who died due to the stampede at the Maha Kumbh during the rush coinciding with Mouni Amawasya.

Addressing a rally in Milkipur assembly constituency in Ayodhya, which will see a bypoll on February 5, Yadav said the government has been releasing daily figures of the number of people who took a holy dip at the Triveni Sangam but has not yet released the list of casualties.

(ANI)