Karnataka Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad on Wednesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya for allegedly giving a communal angle to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) mattress rip-off. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday alleged at the least 4,065 beds have been ‘blocked’ in faux names by the hospitals to generate profits.
In a press convention, Surya alleged that some authorities officers within the BBMP (metropolis company) battle room in Bengaluru colluded with non-public hospitals to order beds for cash.
“When people are struggling to find a bed in the hospital and begging everyone including MPs and MLAs to give them one, there are hospitals who say that no beds are vacant,” Surya advised reporters.
“When families after families are getting wiped out for lack of proper treatment, these incidents are not just corruption. This is murder,” Surya advised reporters.
Taking severe observe of the incident, Bengaluru metropolis police arrested two folks and a few officers are being questioned.
However, quickly after Surya’s press convention, a video went viral on social media by which the BJP Yuva Morcha president and Bengaluru South BJP MP could be seen taking names of people that have been blocking the beds and have been concerned within the rip-off. The title of 17 folks mentioned out loud by Surya, linking them with the alleged bed-blocking rip-off, have been all Muslim. Reportedly, greater than 200 individuals are accountable for allocation of beds to Coronavirus constructive sufferers in BBMP South zone battle room dealing with.
Congress MLA from Shivajinagar, Rizwan Arshad strongly reacted to MP Tejasvi Surya itemizing out solely 17 Muslim names when over 200 folks have been dealing with the battle room within the BBMP hospital.
“Have some shame @Tejasvi_Surya. If you & the BJP Govt cannot help, at least don’t spread the communal poison to hide your failures,” Congress MLA from Shivajinagar, Rizwan Arshad, mentioned.
Karnataka authorities has ordered the non-public hospitals and nursing houses to order 80 per cent of beds for coronavirus sufferers.
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