Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thanking him for sparing “a little time” amidst the “urgent war to conquer West Bengal”, to overview the coronavirus scenario within the nation.
He additionally criticised the prime minister for his “Didi-O-Didi” comment, asking if that is the way by which the prime minister ought to confer with a chief minister.
“Thank you Prime Minister for sparing a little time for Covid amidst the urgent war to conquer WEST BENGAL and annexe it to the BJP’s empire,” Chidambaram mentioned on Twitter.
His remarks got here after Modi chaired a COVID-19 overview assembly with authorities officers on Saturday, amid a giant surge in an infection circumstances within the nation, with over 2 lakh circumstances being reported on a regular basis for the previous 4 days.
Referring to the PM’s remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee, the Congress chief requested, “Is this the manner in which a prime minister should refer to a chief minister?”
“I cannot imagine a Jawaharlal Nehru or a Morarji Desai or a Vajpayee speaking that language,” he mentioned.
In one other tweet, Chidambaram mentioned whereas “no vaccine” boards grasp on the doorways of most hospitals, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan claims that “there is no shortage in the supply of vaccines”.
“Believe the minister, there is no shortage of vaccines, oxygen, Remdesivir, hospital beds, doctors and nurses. There is only a shortage of patients!,” he mentioned, taking a dig on the well being minister.
The former Union minister alleged the central authorities which assumed all powers and authority, failed to make sure enough manufacturing and provide of COVID-19 vaccines.
“Central government is solely responsible for the catastrophe faced by the nation,” he mentioned after the prime minister’s overview assembly on Saturday.
The unfold of the an infection can solely be contained with large vaccination, he famous.
Tragically, vaccines are in brief provide and states have run out – or are operating out – of vaccines, Chidambaram claimed.
“Media is reporting that PM said – we defeated Covid last year, we can do it again’, WRONG. Covid was not defeated in 2020. Covid exacted a heavy toll and waned on its own, no thanks to the central government, because the central government did little or nothing,” he mentioned in one other tweet on Saturday.
