PM negligent, callous in tackling COVID-19, should observe ‘raj dharma’: Congress

With COVID-19 infections spreading quickly within the nation, the Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being negligent, careless and callous in tackling the virus and jeopardising the lives of Indians, and requested him to observe “raj dharma”.
Congress common secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala stated the Modi authorities has been fully careless and merciless relating to guaranteeing life-saving medication, offering oxygen and vaccines to Indians, and has proved incompetent in controlling the unfold of the virus.
India reported a most of round 1.85 lakh circumstances and 1,027 deaths on account of COVID-19 on Wednesday and now has the second highest variety of infections after the United States.

Surjewala stated whereas there may be an acute scarcity of vaccines throughout the nation, the federal government is busy abusing state governments elevating the problem with baseless and mindless allegations.
He additionally demanded that the federal government comply with the requests of scholars by suspending or cancelling the CBSE board exams and never danger their lives by making them sit for the exams bodily when infections are spreading quick.

“The prime minister is negligent, careless, cruel and callous in tackling COVID-19. The Modi government has jeopardised the lives of Indians by its negligent conduct,” he stated at a press convention.
“The government has been completely careless and cruel when it comes to ensuring life-saving drugs, oxygen and availability of beds, ramping up health infrastructure and ramping up vaccine production. It has proved incompetent in handling COVID-19,” he advised reporters.

Surjewala requested how can the federal government export vaccine when it’s in acute scarcity within the nation and when there isn’t a vaccine for Indians.

He stated when Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi gave the suggestion to grant emergency approval to international vaccines, the federal government agreed however union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Smriti Irani attacked them with baseless and mindless allegations.
“This is a national emergency happening and we know that the prime minister is busy campaigning, but the prime minister must follow raj dharma. There is no ‘you versus us’ debate. It is ‘we versus corona’,” he stated.