The incident took place near Rangmahal Square while the leaders were addressing protesters before marching toward the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Singh told PTI.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Several Congress leaders and workers got injured after the stage collapsed during their protest in Bhopal pic.twitter.com/DvtFEMRyOS
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The protest was against the state government’s “anti-farmer” policies when the collapse occurred. Despite the collapse, Congress workers proceeded with the march but were stopped by police using water cannons.
Bhopal Zone 1 Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Rashmi Agarwal Dubey said barricades were in place and police were doing their job. When asked about the number of injured, she said she would check and then hung up.
Among those injured were five women, while three to four persons sustained serious wounds, India TV reported, quoting MP Congress spokesperson and party media co-coordinator Abhinav Barolia.
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Barolia identified some of the injured as MP Kisan Congress president Dharmendra Singh Chauhan, MP Party chief Jitu Patwari’s political advisor Rajiv Singh, senior leader Manak Agrawal, state unit general secretary Roshani Yadav, and MP Congress Mahila Sewa Dal chief Rajkumari Raghuvanshi. He said the exact number of injured was unclear as they were admitted to different hospitals.
He added that the stage might have collapsed due to overcrowding and that the party was examining various angles.
Meanwhile, the TT Nagar Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chandra Shekhar Pandey, stated that the Congress would have the exact count of those injured.
“They were not injured in a clash with the police or due to a baton charge, so I cannot confirm the number of injured individuals. Additionally, the Congress was responsible for setting up the stage,” India TV quoted Pandey.
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Attempts to contact Station House Officer Sudheer Arjariya were unsuccessful, the PTI reported.
(Edited by : Priyanka Deshpande)
