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Deaths of COVID-19 patients due to a lack of medical oxygen is a criminal act and not less than a genocide, the Allahabad High Court in India s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh said on Tuesday.
Local media reports a two-justice bench of the state s top court made the observation during a hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the coronavirus situation in Uttar Pradesh, one of India s worst-affected states during the devastating second wave.
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“Death of Covid patients just for non supplying of oxygen to the hospitals is a criminal act and not less than a genocide by those who have been entrusted the task to ensure continuous procurement and supply chain of the liquid medical oxygen,” the court said citing social media videos showing people begging for oxygen tanks and others hoarding them.
Wouldn t They Die At Home? : Haryana Minister On Farmers Protest Deaths Hours after making the statement, Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal said wrong meaning was given to his statements.
Updated: February 14, 2021 12:13 am IST
Haryana Minister JP Dalal said the farmers 200 people out of 1-2 lakh die in six months anyway.
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In a controversial statement on the deaths of farmers during the protest against the centre s new farm laws, Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal on Saturday said they would have died even if they had stayed back home. Faced with a backlash on social media, he later apologised.
Mr Dalal made the remark in Haryana s Bhiwani in response to a reporter s query over the death of 200 farmers .