Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat's 'Siberia' remark on Muzaffarnagar camps causes stir

File photo: People stand outside a relief camp in Muzaffarnagar

New Delhi: As thousands confront the Uttar Pradesh winter with flimsy tents and not enough blankets in the refugee camps of Muzaffarnagar, a senior official in the state government believes the dropping temperature is no big deal. "Nobody dies of the cold; if people did, then nobody would survive in Siberia," said AK Gupta, one of the most senior bureaucrats in the state government.

Those people who go before the press should be careful while selecting their words so that they don't hurt anyone.
Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister 27/12/2013
I would like to say that he should spend a night with his family in the camps and he won't need to go Siberia.
Kamal Faruqui, Samajwadi Party leader 27/12/2013
It is deplorable, inhuman and insensitive.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, BJP spokesperson 27/12/2013
"Can't die of the cold"!!!! Send him out in a few less clothes & let's see if he isn't singing a different tune pretty damn quick.
Omar Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister (on Twitter) 27/12/2013
It is an extremely insensitive, factually incorrect statement, it is like adding salt to the wounds.
Brinda Karat, Left leader 27/12/2013

Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat's 'Siberia' remark on Muzaffarnagar camps causes stir

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