Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari demanded the resignation of the State health minister in connection with the deaths of at least 22 children allegedly linked to coldrif cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara.

Patwari claimed that over "150 bottles of cough syrup have been sold in one month" and demanded the death penalty for the owner of the drug company. The Congress leader accused the BJP of raising "Hindu-Muslim issues" and said that the "clean chit" given by the State health minister to the owner hints at corruption.

Patwari told reporters, "The owner of the company who has been arrested from Tamil Nadu should be given the death penalty. But why are you leaving the drug controller, who is the main culprit of the incident? Why did the health minister keep gi

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