Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been red-flagging the shortage of vaccines in the national capital over the last few weeks, has been accused of indulging into politics by the BJP's ML Khattar, his Haryana counterpart.
His comment on vaccine rationing invited a sharp reaction from the Congress, which said Haryana has vaccine doses but is administering them to people in small numbers over several days.
Debate on death figures pointless, dead won t resurrect; focus on improving facilities: Haryana CM ML Khattar
ML Khattar rejected charges of data fudging by the state government and said the focus at present should be to strengthen health infrastructure. He said debates on death numbers are pointless because the dead won t resurrect with such furore .
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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. (Photo: PTI)
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has denied allegations that his government is fudging data on Covid-19 deaths in the state and said the focus at present should be to ensure how health facilities can be strengthened to treat patients.
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The Manohar Lal Khattar BJP-JJP government in Haryana will be bringing a Bill to make the protesters pay for damage to the property. The Bill, likely to be tabled in the Assembly on Monday for discussion and passing, is aimed to make the protesters and the rioters pay for the damages caused to public and private property. Khattar is following the Uttar Pradesh government that had passed a law last year for the recovery of damages caused to public and private property during political agitations, processions and demonstrations. Last week, Khattar informed the Assembly the state suffered a loss of Rs 212 crore from November 26, 2020, to February 9 in the ongoing farmers protests against the three Central agriculture laws.