New Delhi: Holding Prime Minister Narendra Modi accountable for the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged the previous is an “event manager” and mentioned the nation will probably be hit by a number of waves of the an infection if the ruling dispensation on the Centre doesn’t give you an acceptable vaccination technique.
Addressing a digital press convention, Gandhi launched a blistering assault on the Prime Minister over the current Covid-19 state of affairs within the nation.
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“The first wave no one understood but the second wave is the PM’s responsibility. His stunts (nautanki)… His failure to fulfil his responsibilities is the reason for the second wave,” he mentioned.
Taking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led authorities on the Centre to job for ignoring the virus, the Congress chief mentioned “unfortunately, the Prime Minister is an event manager”, including “he cannot deal with more than one event at a time”.
“Anything happens, he will organise an event and deal only with that. We cannot do with an event manager in such times. We need effective and speedy administration,” he mentioned.
Asserting lockdowns, social distancing and masks are non permanent options to sort out Covid-19, Gandhi expressed his concern over “only three percent” of the Indian inhabitants being vaccinated to date and referred to as for an acceptable vaccination technique on a part of the Centre.
“I directly told the PM that if India does not sort out its vaccination strategy, there will be multiple waves since the virus adapts. The Prime Minister is the head of the country. He is responsible for its well-being. The buck stops with the Prime Minister. But the Prime Minister lives in a bubble… no one talks to him because of the way he handles things. So, in effect, the ship is moving without a clue,” he added.
Escalating his assault on Prime Minister Modi, Gandhi mentioned the previous is “trying to repair his image but his image is gone”.
“It is time the Prime Minister stands up and leads the nation. These are the times where he has to show his leadership, his courage, his strength. The Prime Minister must stand up and deliver… The time has come to show what a good leader you are. So, please deliver,” he added.
The Central authorities hit again at Gandhi with Union Minister Prakash Javadekar main the cost.
“If you understand the importance of vaccine today then why did you put a question mark when Covaxin was introduced? Do not create confusion in the minds of people. Your gimmick did not stop even when the Prime Minister took the vaccine himself,” he mentioned in a tweet tagging the Congress chief.
Javadekar additionally lashed out at Gandhi for utilizing the phrase “nautanki” directed at Prime Minister Modi.
“The Prime Minister is fighting Covid with the people of the country. And he uses words like ‘nautanki’, which is an insult to the nation and the people. We will not use such words as the people have long put an end to their ‘nautanki’,” he wrote on the micro-blogging platform in Hindi.
In an obvious reference to the controversy surrounding alleged toolkit, the senior BJP chief mentioned Gandhi’s phrases established that the Congress Party had positively ready a toolkit.
“Rahul ji your PC is as per the script of toolkit. The people understand all this,” he posted.
