Kharge urges BJP to learn lesson from Kolkata stampede

Bengaluru, Oct 18 (UNI) Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Sunday urged the BJP to learn a lesson from the stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, saying political parties should show empathy towards victims rather than politicise such tragedies. "My only request is that I hope the BJP learns a lesson from such things. This can happen to anyone, to any government. And that they show some empathy rather than politicise things," Kharge said while reacting to the incident. The stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on Saturday evening claimed 19 lives and…