Kalaburagi, Oct. 18 -- Following the stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata that claimed 19 lives, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Sunday said that the incident is unfortunate and urged not to "politicise it".

The stampede claimed 19 lives and left 25 people hospitalised.

Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Kharge added that the Adhikari-led government is Bengal and Centre leadership should learn a lesson from such kind of incidents.

Speaking to reporters on the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal stampede incident, Priyank Kharge said, "It's an unfortunate incident, and we don't want to politicise these things, but I would like to draw the attention of the BJP leaders of West Bengal as well as the central le...