Who Is Responsible For Bengaluru Stampede Deaths?

Eleven people died in a stampede in Bengaluru on Wednesday - cricket fans crushed during a chaotic celebration for RCB's IPL run. A celebration organised in a tearing hurry, against the advice of the police. But Siddaramaiah, the self-declared "people's CM," has responded not with ownership, but with a flurry of scapegoats. Top Bengaluru cops - suspended. A political advisor - booted. The message is clear: he wasn't in charge. Others were. Really? Then who's running Karnataka? The police? A political advisor? What exactly does the Chief Minister do? Siddaramaiah once wore the badge of the people's Chief Minister. He claimed to be different. If he still believes that he must stop scapegoating people who serve under him. He must show he's in charge. Not just when the cameras are rolling and cricket teams are posing, but when Karnataka mourns.