Yogi Adityanath must be booked for murder, says AAP

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government of “criminal negligence” that led to the death of over 60 children in a Gorakhpur hospital, and demanded that chief minister Yogi Adityanath should resign and be booked on murder charges.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said he visited the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur and conditions there was not good. He said there was enough evidence to suggest that the children’s deaths were a case of “murder” due to “criminal negligence”.

He said the company supplying oxygen had informed the authorities concerned, including the principal of the medical college and the health minister, at regular intervals about the pending dues and of stopping the oxygen supply. He said that on April 5, Pushpa Sales — the company which supplied liquid oxygen to the hospital — wrote to the principal regarding non-payment of dues.