Former actress Hema Malini Dismisses Mahakumbh Stampede Concerns: 'Not a Very Big Incident'

Indian politician and former actress Hema Malini stirred a debate online when she called the stampede at ongoing Maha Kumbh, in which 30 devotees died, "not a very big incident".

On the reportage of the incident, she said that the situation was being "exaggerated".

The Bharatiya Janata Party MP told Indian news agency, “We went to Kumbh, we had a very nice bath. It is right that an incident took place, but it was not a very big incident. I don't know how big it was. It is being exaggerated.”

Defending the current Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the BJP MP said, “It was very well-managed, and everything was done very well...So many people are coming, it is very difficult to manage but we are doing our best.” (Agencies)

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