Gorakhpur Tragedy: Who Said What?

Rahul Gandhi demands martyr status for MP farmers killed in protest/ File image/ Facebook

Akhilesh addresses SP's Executive body meet/ ABP news image

Addressing a gathering at Scientific Convention Centre in Lucknow, CM Yogi said, "They say that every day there is a lot of waste, and we have given our responsibility to the government. I have a feeling that when a person's child turns two, people will start leaving their children with the government itself." (Photo: AFP)

Now, courting controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the day is not far when parents will start leaving their children on the government's responsibility. (Photo: AFP)

Several social and political organisations, including the Left-wing AISA, staged protests at Jantar Mantar in the national capital against the shocking deaths.

The Modi government stepped in to cool frayed tempers, announcing setting up a regional medical centre at a cost of Rs 85 crore in Gorakhpur for conducting research on ailments that afflict children. AFP

The death toll in BRD hospital in January was 152 (143 in NICU and nine in encephalitis ward), in February it was 122 (117 and five), in March 159 (141 and 18), in April 123 (114 and nine), May 139 (127 and 12), June 137 (125 and 12), July 128 (95 and 33). (Photo: AFP)

There have been 1,250 deaths since January this year at the hospital, especially in encephalitis, infant and children's wards. (Photo: AFP)