Cong white paper on Covid not to point finger at govt: Rahul Gandhi

FormerCongress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday released a white paper of the partyon the Covid pandemic and said that the aim of the report is not to point Finger at the government, but to help the nation prepare for the third wave.

Healso asked the government to make Covid fund for the families who lost theirkin and implement the NYAY scheme.

Addressinga press conference virtually, Rahul Gandhi, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Kerala'sWayanad said, "Everyone is aware of the Covid pandemic and how many peoplelost their lives. We have prepared a white paper in detail, and the aim of thisreport is not to finger point the blame on the government, but to help thenation prepare for the third wave of infections. The whole country knows that athird wave will strike," he said.

TheCongress leader said that the entire country knows that before the second wave,the scientists and doctors warned us. "Government did not take thenecessary action to prevent the second wave of Covid," he said, addingthat today again we are standing here.

"Entirecountry knows that the third wave is going to come as the virus is mutating.And we are saying again that the government should prepare immediately, therequirements of medicines, infrastructures, oxygen supplies and hospitals,"he said.

"Thepurpose of this white paper is to help the government to prepare for the thirdwave," Rahul Gandhi said.

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Hesaid that this is our intention to provide the government the insights on whatto be done. He also pointed out that it is clear that management of the firstand second wave of Covid was disastrous, and we have tried to point out thereasons behind it. He asserted, "I would even go so far as to say thatthere might be waves even after the third wave of Covid-19 as the virus is mutating".

Healso said that the central pillar of fighting Covid is vaccination.

Stressingon providing financial assistance to the people, the Congress leader urged thegovernment to implement the NYAY scheme and come up with Covid fund to providemonetary support to people who lost their kin due to the pandemic.