Congress general secretary in-charge of East Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday took a dig at the BJP governments in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh over the mounting toll due to spurious liquor.
It was unimaginable that the business of illegal liquor was operated on such a large scale under the patronage of the two governments, she said. Ms. Vadra said no amount of condemnation was enough for "this heart-wrenching incident."
"I am shocked and saddened to hear that over 100 people have died in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur and Kushinagar due to spurious liquor and the death toll is still rising," said Ms. Vadra in a statement.
She hoped that the BJP governments took strict action against the culprits and that the kin of the victims get sufficient compensation along with government jobs. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh police spokesperson R.K. Gautam said, so far 59 persons have died in Saharanpur in connection with consumption of spurious liquor. Of these, 36 deaths were prima facie due to spurious liquor, while 23 bodies were being analysed to ascertain the exact cause of death. Eight others had died in Kushinagar.
