NEW DELHI: BJP president JP Nadda has formed a delegation of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs to visit Karur to probe the circumstances leading to a stampede and submit a report.

The BJP generally sends its own leaders to the sites of tragic incidents for an inquiry, but this time, the party has included MPs from its allies–Shiv Sena and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) –in the eight-member committee, in an apparent messaging about the importance it attaches to its partners.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mathura and actor Hema Malini, who is a Tamil, is the convenor of the delegation, and its members include Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde and TDP’s Putta Mahesh Kumar.

The other members are Arurag Thakur, Tejasvi Surya, former IPS officer Brij Lal, Aparajita Sarangi and Rekha Sharma,

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