All IndiaCongress Committee general secretary Dinesh Gundu Rao, on Saturday, said thatthe Kumbh mela organised in Uttarakhand amid the second Covid wave, was the"biggest super spreader event in the world", even as he blamed PrimeMinister Narendra modi for not doing enough to rein in the rapid spread ofinfections earlier this year.
Addressing a press conference in Panaji, Rao also said that despite being thelargest manufacturer of vaccines in the world, India was worse off than itsSouth Asian neighbours.
"The biggest super spreader event in the world was the Kumbha mela,"Rao told reporters at the state Congress headquarters in Panaji.
"People throughout the country lost their lives and livelihood, they aresuffering. Why? Because the central government did not bother to address thesituation. It did not bother to purchase the vaccines. It did not bother towarn the people that the second wave of Covid has already started, let us becareful," Rao said.
"Instead of that, he was doing election rallies, even though he knew thatthe second wave had come. Never in the history of Indian politics, has a PMbehaved so irresponsibly... And he does not care. He does not bother," Raoalso said.
"The PM was busy congratulating himself. Why is the situation not the samein Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, our own neighbours," the AICC officialasked.