MP stampede: Policemen took Rs 200 bribe from tractor owners: Ajay Maken

"A stampede had happened over five years ago at a similar place which left many people injured. The MP government learnt no lessons from it. Its misgovernance and rampant corruption lies at the roots of the tragedy. It should take moral responsibility and the CM should resign,"  Maken told reporters.

MP chief minister Shivraj  Singh Chouhan termed politics over the tragedy  as "unwanted" and said, "The focus should be on attending to the injured and taking steps to avoid any such incidents in the future".

BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar said Congress is playing "politics over dead bodies" and demanded that government must plan out full-proof mechanisms for avoiding such incidents in future.