Kota deaths: Mayawati demands sacking of Rajasthan CM

After the death of over 100 infants at a government-run hospital in Kota, BSP supremo Mayawati criticised Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and charged him of making political statements that were irresponsible and unsympathetic. She demanded that Gehlot be dismissed and replaced by a new dispensation.

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday demanded that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot be sacked in the wake of death of over 100 infants in a government-run hospital in Kota.

The former UP chief minister charged that Gehlot was making political statements that were irresponsible and unsympathetic.

"This is highly shameful," Mayawati said in a tweet. She demanded that Gehlot be dismissed and replaced by a new dispensation otherwise more women will lose their children.

At least 100 infants have died at a government-run hospital in Kota in the past month.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BSP chief had on Thursday targeted the Congress over infant deaths, suggesting that party leader Priyanka Gandhi should have gone there to console the children's mothers instead of "playing politics" in UP.