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Insensitive: UP Home Secretary says, nobody dies of cold, otherwise no one can survive in Siberia

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government's Principal Home Secretary Anil Gupta has raised a storm by rejecting reports of death of children due to cold in Muzaffarnagar riot relief camps by saying "nobody dies of cold"."No person



UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today cautioned bureaucrats and SP leaders to be careful while speaking in public.

"Use of words by officials or partymen, whether it is about the government's drawbacks or the party's achievements, should be such that nobody's feelings get hurt," he told reporters.

Akhilesh Yadav said, "Sometimes, during question-answer sessions, there could be a change in language used....I think officials should keep a control over what they speak."

The Chief Minister said that this was especially so when it came to bureaucrats or party people talking to TV channels which record their byte and show controversial portions repeatedly.

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