The Wire Wrap | Delhi Stampede, Vikatan Cartoon, New CEC Appointed
On Saturday night, there was a stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station as massive crowds gathered on the platforms to board trains going towards Prayagaraj, where the Maha Kumbh Mela is ongoing. At least 18 people were killed in the chaos. This tragic event took place two weeks after there was a stampede at the Kumbh itself, where at least 30 people died.
The Wire's Jahnavi Sen is joined by Jomy Thomas, bureau chief at Malayala Manorama, and Seema Chishti, editor of The Wire, to talk about the official response and attempts to obfuscate the casualties. They also discuss the Vikatan website becoming inaccessible after Bharatiya Janata Party members criticised a cartoon depicting Modi, the way Indians are being deported from the US, the Ranveer Allahbadia controversy and the appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as the chief election commissioner despite Rahul Gandhi's dissent note on the process.
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