Government combating for blue tick, be self-reliant for vaccine: Rahul Gandhi

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe on the Centre, saying the Modi authorities is combating for a blue tick and other people have to turn out to be self-reliant for getting Covid vaccines.
His remarks got here a day after outrage over the elimination of ‘blue tick’ badge from the non-public accounts of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and RSS prime functionaries together with Mohan Bhagwat, by Twitter, solely to revive it later.
Twitter mentioned as per guidelines, the blue badge and verified standing may very well be mechanically faraway from an account whether it is incomplete or inactive for six months.
“The Modi government is fighting for the blue tick. If you want a Covid vaccine, then be self-reliant,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi, utilizing the hashtag “#Priorities”.
In one other tweet, he talked about stopping language discrimination after a Delhi authorities hospital requested nurses to not converse in Malayalam. The hospital order has been revoked.
“Malayalam is as Indian as any other Indian language. Stop language discrimination,” he mentioned.
Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally shared the priority and posted the order of the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research warning the nursing personnel to make use of solely Hindi and English for communication, else critical motion might be taken.
“This order is a violation of the basic values of our country. It is racist, discriminatory and utterly wrong,” she mentioned in a tweet in Malayali, saying Malayali nurses are risking their lives in Covid instances to save lots of folks.
“This order is also an insult. We owe them a debt of gratitude and respect. It should be withdrawn as soon as possible and an apology should be published,” she demanded.
In one other tweet, Vadra alleged that the Modi authorities decreased oxygen beds by 36 p.c, ICU beds by 46 p.c, ventilator beds by 28 p.c between September 2020 and January 2021.

“Is the health of Indian citizens less important than the Central Vista project,” she requested, alleging that the federal government has declared the mission as a necessary service with folks working day and night time to finish it by 2023.
“When every expert in the country, the Parliamentary Committee on Health and their own Sero-surveys warned them that additional beds would be needed for an inevitable second wave,” she mentioned as a part of her “ZimmedarKaun” (Who is accountable) marketing campaign.