A 52-year-old woman was today killed and another injured during a blanket distribution programme on the occasion of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav’s birthday in Bisauli area here.
Sharbati Devi was injured in the stampede during distribution of blankets at the premises of Madanlal Inter College following which she was taken to the community health centre where doctors declared her dead, ASP Balendra Bhushan Singh said.
He said the injured person has been admitted to hospital. Distribution of blankets is a very common phenomenon in Bihar and U.P. Laloo Prasad Yadav ex CM of Bihar was caught live on TV
Distributing blankets and cash on his birthday some years ago. The huge chunk of the population below poverty line are the vote bank of these political parties and this is an easy way to lure
Lure them.
