Sonia asks PM to call all-party meet on Covid
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, lashing out at the Narendra Modi government while addressing a Congress Parliamentary Party meeting on Friday, said: “I say this categorically — India is crippled by a political leadership today that has no empathy for people. The Modi government has failed the people of our country.”
Mrs Gandhi said the government must urgently call an all-party meeting on the Covid-19 situation in India and added: “The Modi government has abdicated its fundamental responsibilities and duties towards the people, the Centre has ignored warnings and alerts from the EGOM, National Task Force and the parliamentary panel.”
Mrs Gandhi termed the Congress’ losses in the recent Assembly polls as “very disappointing”. Adding that the Congress Working Committee will meet soon to review the Assembly poll results.
“Most unfortunately, our own performance in all the states was very disappointing and if I may say, unexpectedly so,” she said while concluding her speech.
“The CWC is meeting shortly to review the results but it goes without
The Modi government has abdicated its fundamental responsibilities and duties towards the people, the Centre has ignored warnings and alerts from the EGOM, National Task Force and the parliamentary panel.
— Sonia Gandhi, Congress president
saying that we as a party collective must draw the appropriate lessons from this setback in a spirit of humility and honesty,” she added. The meeting was attended by its MPs and office-bearers.
The Congress has been repeatedly attacking the government for the last couple of weeks over its “mismanagement” of the Covid-19 crisis, which has been spiralling in the country, with a serious lack of medicines, oxygen, cylinders, hospital beds, ventilators and vaccines.
Referring to the letters written to the PM by Dr Manmohan Singh, the former PM, and by Rahul Gandhi, she said all these helpful initiatives had fallen on deaf ears as the government has made no meaningful response and continues to behave as if it alone has all the answers.