Overview

• On June 15, Leader of Opposition R Ashoka sent a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah calling for a dedicated three-day session to examine the stadium stampede and its aftermath.
• The Karnataka Law Department is preparing a draft Bill to cap attendance at large gatherings, with plans to present it to the Cabinet within two weeks.
• The stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory on June 4 resulted in 11 deaths and about 50 injuries.
• The state has launched three separate inquiries—a CID probe, a magistrate-led inquiry, and a one-man commission under retired Justice John Michael Cunha—to establish accountability.
• The BJP alleges that the multiple investigations serve to shield influential individuals by making frontline officials scapegoats rather than addressing systemic safety failures.