Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has once again attacked the Modi government over the handling of the COVID-19 situation and alleged that it is only indulging in a “sham” of a ‘vaccine festival’.
He also alleged that there is no testing, no beds in hospitals, neither ventilators or oxygen and vaccine is also not available.
Gandhi also took a jibe asking what PM-CARES is doing, as huge donations were given to the fund for handling COVID-19 situation.
“There are no tests or beds in hospitals. There are no ventilators or oxygen. The vaccine is also not there. But there is a sham of a festival. PM-CARES?” he asked.
ना टेस्ट हैं, ना हॉस्पिटल में बेड,
ना वेंटिलेटर हैं, ना ऑक्सीजन,
वैक्सीन भी नहीं है,
बस एक उत्सव का ढोंग है।PMCares?
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 15, 2021
His attack came after the government celebrated the ‘Tika Utsav’ (vaccine festival) from April 11 to 14.
Earlier Rahul had lashed out at the government for its U- Turn on foreign vaccine. Government has apparently given nod to Russian made COVID vaccine Sputnik V after green signal from DCGI ( drugs Controller General of India )
“First they ignore you
then they laugh at you
then they fight you,
then you win.”#vaccine pic.twitter.com/FvfmTjJ7bl— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 14, 2021
India saw its highest single-day rise of 2,00,739 COVID-19 infections and 1,038 fatalities pushing the country’ tally of cases to 1,40,74,564 and the total death toll to 1,73,123, according to official data. The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country were recorded at 14,71,877 cases.