Bengaluru, Feb 23: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday lost his cool when reporters questioned the government on the Chikkaballapur gelatin blast.

What can you or I do? What would you have done in my place? Did we ask them to do whatever they were doing in the wee hours?,” Yediyurappa asked reporters when they asked why the government was not alert in the wake of a similar explosion at a quarry in Shivamogga last month.

“This is the second such incident and these are illegal activities. We’re discussing what we need to do,” Yediyurappa said.

Congress has accused the involvement of BJP leaders in illegal mining and quarrying across the state. “Allegations aren’t important. We need to be compassionate towards those who’ve lost their lives and make sure such incidents don’t happen again. Whoever is involved will face action,” he said. (UNI)