‘If you possibly can’t handle, we’ll ask Centre to take over,’ Delhi HC tears into Kejriwal for mismanagement of Covid scenario in Delhi

Even probably the most ardent supporters of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party have been left shell-shocked by the best way the Kejriwal administration has completely bungled its means by means of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Now, the Delhi High Court has come down closely on the Kejriwal authorities over its dealing with of the pandemic because the honourable court docket acknowledged if the Delhi authorities is unable to handle, it would ask the Central authorities to step in and deal with the quickly spreading virus within the nation’s capital.At a time when the Arvind Kejriwal’s PR blitzkrieg throughout the nation exhibits no signal of slowing down, the Delhi High court docket has pulled up the Delhi authorities over its handing of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. A seemingly offended Court informed the Aam Aadmi Party authorities that it’s going to ask the Centre to take over ‘if you cannot manage it’.The High Court stated, “Set your house in order. If you cannot manage it, we will ask the central government to takeover.” In a worrying commentary, the Court noticed that the federal government authorities appeared utterly unaware in regards to the floor realities and are simply issuing ‘unreasonable orders’In order to curb the black advertising of important medicines, the Court stated, “We direct the Delhi government to take record from all pharmacies on supply of Remdesivir, Dexamethasone and Fabiflu and other drugs and conduct random audit to find out if there has been any black marketing.”It added, “It is clear to us that Delhi government has to pull up its socks with respect to distribution of not only liquid oxygen but also oxygen cylinders. In case the refiller does not provide the data to the GNCTD portal, strict action would be taken against them by the GNCTD and us.”According to an RTI, the Delhi authorities constructed no new hospitals in Delhi between 2015 and 2019 with solely 189 of the promised 1,000 Mohalla Clinics being opened in the identical interval. In reality, the Delhi authorities did not arrange oxygen vegetation on time. The Central authorities requested state governments everywhere in the nation to arrange oxygen vegetation in the course of the first wave in 2020. Last week, the Union authorities knowledgeable the Delhi High Court that in December 2020, funds have been sanctioned from the PM Cares fund for the native authorities to arrange eight oxygen vegetation in Delhi. Up till final week, the federal government had arrange just one.Read More: Second wave of COVID-19 in Delhi NCR: The many hits and misses of the Kejriwal governmentAlarmingly, the Delhi Chief Minister’s Relief Fund has collected 35 crore rupees because the pandemic started, however based on an RTI, ‘NIL’ which means none of it has been utilised for Covid.It appears that the Kejriwal authorities was busy with its PR blitzkrieg and its incessant advertisements which proceed to look on main information channels. Kejriwal could be effectively suggested to give attention to containing the virus somewhat than spending crores on commercial as the previous would go a good distance in serving to him win Delhi once more in 2025.