This Article is From Dec 27, 2013
Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat's 'Siberia' remark on Muzaffarnagar camps causes stir
File photo: People stand outside a relief camp in Muzaffarnagar
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
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