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EC receives report on Lucknow stampede incident
New Delhi, Apr 14: The Uttar Pradesh government today sent to the election commission its report on the stampede in Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in which 22 people were killed at a saree distribution function on the ocassion of veteran BJP leader Lalji Tandon`s birthday on April 12.
New Delhi, Apr 14: The Uttar Pradesh government
today sent to the election commission its report on the
stampede in Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in which 22 people were killed at a
saree distribution function on the ocassion of veteran BJP
leader Lalji Tandon's birthday on April 12.
"We have got the report," EC spokesman A N Jha said but
declined to give details.
Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishna Murthy had
earlier said that an inquiry had been ordered to ascertain if
model code of conduct has been violated by the
saree-distribution function.
Bureau Report