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The State BJP leadership has blamed the police and the district administration for the incident. The scene after a makeshift tent collapsed during the Prime Minister’s rally in Midnapore on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTImore-inTwo days after a tent collapse at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at Midnapore in Paschim Medinipur district left several people injured, the West Bengal police have filed a case of negligence against the organiser of the event, the State BJP unit, and the decorator of the venue. Also, the poles were not fastened properly and accumulation of rainwater on the tent’s roof played a key role in its collapse, he added. Accusing the police of “neglecting their duties”, State BJP president Dilip Ghosh said: “They never bothered to probe the arrangements for the PM’s rally.”State BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu said that his party will lodge a case against the district police and the administration..