The BJP on Thursday demanded a white paper from Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party authorities on points associated to COVID-19, asking if the variety of deaths was “fudged” to keep the official tally down and what were the reasons for the city’s high death rate.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hit out at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over “unaccounted” deaths, citing a media report that municipal firms in Delhi had issued 34,750 dying certificates for April and May whereas the official Covid tally for the interval was 13,201.
“We wish to maintain the AAP accountable for what has occurred,” Patra said, accusing it of hiding the real tally.
Addressing a virtual press conference, he noted that the number of death certificates for the corresponding period last year was 9,916, marking a rise of about 250 per cent this year. April and May saw the peak of the second wave of the pandemic.
“Who are these people (whose deaths remain unaccounted for) as Delhi government does not want to even name them,” Patra mentioned, noting that many specialists have sought an audit of those deaths. The fatality fee of two.9 per cent in Delhi is greater than double the general nationwide fee of 1.3 per cent, he mentioned.
“Did you fudge dying numbers… You concern a white paper on the questions being raised by us,” Patra said, addressing Kejriwal. The BJP leader also wondered why Delhi recorded over 14.25 lakh Covid cases when a state like Haryana, which has more population and area, has only 7.55 lakh cases. According to Patra, Kejriwal now claims his government is preparing for the third wave but people have no faith in him.
Taking a swipe at the state government’s recent announcement that liquor will be home delivered, Patra alleged that the promised oxygen cylinders have not been delivered at home but liquor will be. The BJP spokesperson asked if Covid testing was kept deliberately low when the pandemic was at its peak during April-May to “protect” the AAP authorities’s picture. He additionally questioned the federal government on why no new hospital was opened within the metropolis throughout 2015-19. Patra dubbed the Delhi authorities minister Gopal Rai’s reported feedback about planting bushes to keep away from oxygen disaster “ignorant and insensitive”.
Raising the issue of the AAP and the Congress supporting farmer protests, he said the continuing stir made the venues where protestors have been camping fertile for spreading the infection. The AAP government should also address the issue of the plight of migrants in its white paper, he said.
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