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Gorakhpur children tragedy LIVE updates: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath today visited the BRD medical college along with Union health minister JP Nadda. Meanwhile, the Opposition parties have joined hands against the Bharatiya Janata Party and state chief minister Yogi Adityanath over the deaths of infants in Gorakhpur, mostly at the BRD Medical College. Congress demanded an apology from the CM while Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused the government of concealing facts regarding circumstances that led to the tragedy. The former state chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati demanded the resignation of the state health minister Sidharth Nath Singh. Meanwhile, the principal of Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur Dr Rajeev Mishra, who was suspended following the death of 30 infants within a span of 48 hours since August 10, today resigned from the post. His resignation was confirmed by the state health minister. On Saturday, Yogi Adityanath had said that a magisterial inquiry has been ordered and a committee has been formed to look into the Gorakhpur tragedy. Gorakhpur is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath’s Lok Sabha constituency.
