Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi has slammed thegovernment for its strategy to cope with the pandemic prevailing in thecountry. The second wave of the corona has hit the country harder than ever. Takinga dig at the government on April 16, the Congress leader said the government’sstrategy to fight coronavirus pandemic consisted of imposing Tughlaqi lockdown,ringing bells, and singing divine songs.
The tweet by Rahul Gandhi read, “The central government’sCovid Strategy – Stage 1-Impose a Tughlaqi lockdown, Stage 2- Ring bells, Stage3- Sing praises to the Lord.” In a political rally in Bengal, Rahul also saidthat Prime Minister Modi did not help the laborers, workers who wanted toreturn their homes. In the name of keeping the economy on track, Modi onlyhelped his businessman friends.
Rahul Gandhi had scheduled a press conference regardingthe second wave of Covid 19. Later it was canceled and is expected to beconducted after a virtual meeting of the Congress Working Committee on April17.
The Congress leader is aggressively attacking the centralgovernment led by BJP for its failure in the management of pandemic. Earlierwhile mocking the PM Cares fund, Rahul said that there weren’t enough hospitalbeds, ventilators, or oxygen. He also criticized the government for the poorimplementation of vaccine drive. He accused the government of exportingvaccination to other countries, meanwhile putting India under vaccinestarvation.
Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi also blamed the center forits mismanagement of the current Covid situation in her recent meeting.
India has recorded more than two lakh cases in the last24-hours and reported more than 1000 fatalities. Meanwhile, the health systemof the country is collapsing due to the shortage of vaccines, beds,ventilators, and oxygen supply.