PM wants to point out up and inform how he’s going to avoid wasting lives: Priyanka Gandhi

As Covid-19 circumstances proceed to rise at an alarming tempo all through the nation, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday hit out at at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and mentioned he wants to point out up and inform folks how he’s going to avoid wasting lives. “…PM needs to show up. He needs to get off the stage of the rally where is laughing and cracking jokes. He needs to come here, sit in front of people, talk to them and tell them how is he going to save lives,” mentioned Gandhi in an interview to ANI.
Taking a dig on the authorities over poor medical infrastructure, Gandhi requested why India was going through an acute oxygen scarcity regardless of having one of many largest manufacturing capability on the planet. “India’s production capacity for oxygen is one of the largest in world. Then why’s there a shortage? You had 8-9 months (between first & second wave), your own Serosurveys indicated that a 2nd wave is imminent, you ignored it,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Gandhi additionally mentioned it’s tragic that oxygen is obtainable however not reaching the place it ought to. “You had time. Today, only 2000 trucks in India can transport oxygen. How tragic it is that oxygen is available but it’s not reaching where it should. 1.1 million Remdesivir injections were exported in last 6 months. Today, we’re facing shortage.”
“Govt exported 6 cr vaccines b/w Jan-March. During this time 3-4 cr Indians were vaccinated. Why were Indians not prioritised? Vaccine shortage is due to bad planning, Remdesivir shortage due to no planning, oxygen shortage due to no strategy. It’s Govt’s failure,” she added.
Lashing out at BJP leaders for holding large rallies in poll-bound states, Gandhi mentioned they need to repair their priorities. “Even today they’re busy with campaigning. They’re laughing from the stages (at rallies). People are crying, screaming for help, seeking oxygen, beds, medicines, & you’re going to huge rallies & laughing! How can you?”
Referring to the UP govt’s assertion on elevated testing, Gandhi mentioned, “Their own Serosurvey in Oct-Nov said, 5 cr people came in contact with the virus. Ramping up of testing was recommended. UP Govt started 70% antigen tests which means only 30% RT-PCR test is being done.”
She additionally claimed that personal labs are being advised to cease testing. “Why did they not ramp up? Why the antigen checks? To decrease their numbers? Even at present stories are coming that personal labs are being advised to cease the testing. Why? What is vital – folks’s lives or your numbers and the picture of your govt?
She additionally expressed displeasure over authorities’s response to the letter of former PM Manmohan Singh to Modi.  “Manmohan Singh ji was PM for 10 yrs. Everyone knows how dignified a person he is. If he’s giving suggestions when nation is facing pandemic, then suggestions should be taken up with same dignity with which they were offered,” she mentioned.