New Delhi:
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the federal government’s dealing with of India’s largest well being problem lately continued this morning because the nation recorded the world’s largest each day spike in Covid infections. Mr Gandhi, 50, had additionally examined optimistic for Covid earlier this week, and is quarantined at his dwelling.
In a sharply-worded tweet, the Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad focused Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his tackle to the nation on Tuesday, calling it a “hole speech”.
“I’m quarantined at dwelling and I proceed to see tragic tales being reported from throughout the nation. India has not simply been hit by the coronavirus disaster however has been battered by the anti-people insurance policies of the federal government. The nation does not want hole speeches and ineffective festivals…. India is in dire want of an answer,” the Congress chief wrote in a tweet in Hindi. He additionally referred to four-day “Tika Utsav” by the federal government earlier this month to step up vaccine protection.
On Tuesday, PM Modi, in a televised address, assured the nation in regards to the availability of medical oxygen, hospital beds and vaccines amid an alarming surge in Covid infections. As restrictions return to many elements of the nation, the Prime Minister additionally mentioned “lockdown ought to be the final resort”.
Hit by the second Covid wave, India noticed a file rise in Covid caseload with 3.14 lakh infections; 2,104 Covid sufferers died in one other grim file.
Oxygen scarcity for Covid sufferers has emerged as one of many largest considerations with the well being disaster sweeping a number of elements of the nation. The federal government, nonetheless, has assured “round the clock” monitoring of the oxygen provide.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi too, last week, slammed the federal government over the Covid surge, saying that India “has been caught off guard once more” regardless of a 12 months to organize.
Ex-prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday wrote to PM Modi suggesting 5 measures to battle the Covid disaster together with ramping up vaccination and boosting the availability of medicines. He additionally examined optimistic for Covid on Monday.
Nonetheless, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had shot back on the Congress over the criticism. “Historical past shall be kinder to you Dr Manmohan Singh ji in case your provide of ‘constructive cooperation’ and helpful recommendation was adopted by your @INCIndia leaders as nicely in such extraordinary instances!” he had tweeted.
Earlier this month, shortly after Rahul Gandhi’s letter to the Prime Minister on what he referred to as the “catastrophic” affect of vaccinations “at a snail’s tempo”, the BJP hit again with a query — “Why has Rahul Gandhi not but taken vaccine?”