The government will get the one-man commission’s conclusions from retired high court judge Justice Seshasayana Reddy within a month.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) organised a one-man commission of inquiry on Saturday to look into the two most recent stampedes at TDP gatherings that left 11 persons dead.
Under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, chief secretary Dr. K. S. Jawahar Reddy ordered retired high court judge Justice Seshasayana Reddy to report his findings to the government within a month.
The purpose of the investigation is to determine what caused the stampedes, who was responsible, whether any arrangements were inadequate and whether the permission granted was violated, who was responsible, and recommendations for institutional safeguards that should be added to already existing institutional safeguards in order to prevent similar serious incidents from happening again.
On December 28, eight persons died in a stampede during a conference presided over by TDP chairman N Chandrababu Naidu in Kandukur town, SPS Nellore district.
On January 1, a stampede at a free gift distribution programme resulted in the deaths of three persons. Sometime after former chief minister Naidu had left the location, disaster struck.
In order to protect the public, the government of Andhra Pradesh banned political parties from having public meetings and from organising demonstrations on roadways, including national highways, on January 3.
For the action, the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy administration has come under fire. The TDP and Jana Sena Party angrily disagreed with the government directive, claiming it was meant to prevent public appearances by Naidu and K Pawan Kalyan, the leader of the JSP.
