Congress said that the government should bring in transparency in its vaccine policy and provide the vaccine to all Indians first, instead of providing it to citizens of other countries.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he is not adopting India First approach in vaccinating its citizens and questioned why six crore vaccine doses were exported out of the country when Indians were not getting them.
Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said at a virtual press conference that the government should bring in transparency in its vaccine policy and provide the vaccine to all Indians first, instead of providing it to citizens of other countries.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the union government over the foreign aid to India amid pandemic and alleged that the government did not do its job properly.
Rahul Gandhi tweeted, GOI s repeated chest-thumping at receiving foreign aid is pathetic. Had GOI done its job, it wouldn t have come to this.
Rahul Gandhi on Sunday had hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Central government for poor handling of the Covid situation.
The Congress leader on Sunday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Central government for not tackling the situation. Shehron ke baad ab gaon bhi parmatma-nirbhar (After cities, villages also left to the mercy of God, he said in a tweet, attaching an image of an Hindi caption reading Covid-19: Mahamari ki dusri lahar ab gaaon mein barpa rahi hai kehr (Covid-19: The second wave of the pandemic now overwhelming villages) .
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What’s the use of a hospital bed now? He is already dead. All are dead. The Administration is hopeless, useless,” angry shouts of parents and relatives which pierce the country’s comatose dark skies. Over 140 choked to death due to lack of oxygen in various Delhi, UP and Haryana hospitals as they ‘begged” the Administration and corporates to expedite replenishments of the elixir of life even as crematoriums ran out of space. Bringing India once again face to face with the bitter truth: The aam aadmi translates into merely a sterile statistic! With 3,52,991 people testing positive for Covid 19 Monday India’s total tally has climbed to 1,73,13,163 with a record 2,812 new fatalities. While active cases crossed the 28-lakh mark (16.25%), death toll increased to 1,95,123 (1.3%) with the recovery rate dropping to 82.62 %. Worse, active infections might touch 38- 48 lakhs mid-May warn scientists as the coming four weeks are critical. Kudos to the Madras High C
Nation sinking under the weight of Modi govt s indifference
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi . Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 7 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Narendra Modi government, saying that the country s system has not failed but the government has been unable to constructively channelize the country s strengths and resources. India is crippled by a political leadership today that has no empathy for the people, the Congress said.
Addressing the virtual meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, Gandhi said: Modi government has failed the people of our country. The situation brooks no delay. Tackling the Covid crisis requires able, calm and visionary leadership. The nation is sinking under the weight of the Modi government s indifference and incompetence, she added.
Sonia Gandhi seeks all-party, Parliamentary Standing Committee meetings over COVID-19 situation ANI | Updated: May 07, 2021 14:10 IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi, in its parliamentary party meeting on Friday, demanded an all-party meeting and a meeting of Parliament Standing Committee on Health regarding the COVID-19 situation in the country.
The meeting is being held under the chairmanship of Gandhi through video conferencing.
According to sources, the meeting started with paying tribute to all former Members of Parliament (MPs), including former President Pranab Mukherjee, Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora, Tarun Gogoi, who have recently passed away.
Earlier, the Congress President had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging the new COVID-19 vaccination policy was not only discriminatory but also a complete abandonment of the youth and urged the government to reverse the ill-consider