The Congress chief stated it is the governments failure that the country is confronted with scarcity of vaccines, oxygen and remdesivir.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday took a dig on the Prime Minister and stated he needs to show up and tell humans how he goes to keep lives. (ANI)
As Covid-19 cases keep to upward push at an alarming pace throughout the country, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday hit out at at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and stated he needs to reveal up and tell people how he goes to keep lives. “…PM desires to reveal up. He needs to get off the stage of the rally in which is laughing and cracking jokes. He desires to return back here, take a seat down in front of humans, communicate to them and inform them how is he going to keep lives,” stated Gandhi in an interview to ANI.
Taking a dig on the government over bad medical infrastructure, Gandhi requested why India was going through an acute oxygen scarcity no matter having one in all the biggest manufacturing capacity in the world. “India’s production capability for oxygen is one in all the biggest in world. Then why’s there a scarcity? You had 8-nine months (among first & second wave), your very own Serosurveys indicated that a second wave is imminent, you overlooked it,” the Congress chief stated.
Gandhi also stated it’s far tragic that oxygen is to be had however now no longer attaining in which it must. “You had time. Today, most effective 2000 vehicles in India can transport oxygen. How tragic it is that oxygen is to be had however it’s now no longer reaching in which it must. 1.1 million Remdesivir injections have been exported in ultimate 6 months. Today, we’re facing scarcity.”
“Govt exported 6 cr vaccines b/w Jan-March. During this time 3-four cr Indians have been vaccinated. A huge PR workout was carried out with photographs of vaccines arriving in nations like Mauritius, Guyana and Nepal being circulated. Why have been Indians now no longer prioritised? Vaccine shortage is because of terrible planning, Remdesivir scarcity because of no planning, oxygen scarcity because of no strategy. It’s Govt’s failure,” she added.
Lashing out at BJP leaders for containing huge rallies in poll-certain states, Gandhi stated they must repair their priorities. “Even nowadays they’re busy with campaigning. They’re laughing from the stages (at rallies). People are crying, screaming for help, looking for oxygen, beds, medicines, & you’re going to massive rallies & laughing! How can you?”
Talking about the Congress’ long-standing demand for universalization of COVID-19 vaccination and the government’s inoculation approach, Priyanka Gandhi slammed the authorities for exporting vaccine doses for a “PR workout”.
Gandhi stated the Modi government’s loss of foresight has pressured India to grow to be an importer of vaccines nowadays or even now, their “vaccine approach is defective and discriminatory”. “Why are free vaccines now no longer being made to be had to 18-45 yr olds? The new variants are supposedly even greater virulent and lots of younger humans are affected. And why is the authorities allowing middlemen into the equation with out charge controls?”
Referring to the UP govt’s statement on increased testing, Gandhi stated, “Their very own Serosurvey in Oct-Nov stated, five cr humans got here in touch with the virus. Ramping up of checking out turned into recommended. UP Govt started 70% antigen checks because of this that most effective 30% RT-PCR check is being done.”
She additionally claimed that personal labs are being instructed to prevent testing. “Why did they not ramp up? Why the antigen checks? To decrease their numbers? Even nowadays reviews are coming that personal labs are being told to prevent the testing. Why? What is important – humans’s lives or your numbers and the picture of your govt?
When requested about Union minister Piyush Goyal’s statement that states should preserve oxygen demand below control, she stated Goyal’s “heartless comment” suggests the “brutal coldness” on the coronary heart of this administration. “They see valuable human lifestyles in phrases of call for and supply. But then what can one expect from a government led through a high minister who’s persevering with to preserve public rallies and laughing on degree even as lakhs of humans are crying for help, the healthcare device is reeling below a huge pandemic and lakhs of Indians are fighting for his or her lives,” she stated.
She additionally expressed displeasure over authorities’s reaction to the letter of former PM Manmohan Singh to Modi. “Manmohan Singh ji turned into PM for 10 yrs. Everyone is aware of how dignified someone he is. If he’s giving recommendations while country is going through pandemic, then recommendations must be taken up with same dignity with which they have been offered,” she stated.
“They (government) are wasting time engaging in pettiness, creating a minister reply to a letter addressed through a former high minister who served this country selflessly and with dignity to the present Prime Minister, Union Ministers are blaming country governments for expanded oxygen intake and primary government press releases are targeting Opposition governments,” she added.
