Govt trying to manage perceptions: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Making a fresh attack on the ruling government at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that governments are trying to “manage the perception” about coronavirus infections and give a sense that the problem is not as bad as it is. However, he also asserted that it is important to accept the problem and fight it.

Gandhi, on Doctor's Day, expressed solidarity with health workers and described them as “a nonviolent Army” risking their lives to save people from the coronavirus pandemic. He was in conversation with four Indian nurses working in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and India, where he heard their experiences and said people stood with them in these times of crisis.

Gandhi, in his 30-minute conversation with the four Indian nurses -- Anu Ragnat (working in New Zealand), Narendra Singh (working in Australia), Sherlymol Puravady (working in the UK), and Vipin Krishnan (working in AIIMS, Delhi) -- discussed the impact of working in a COVID-19 environment on their family lives. This was part of the series of conversations that the former

Congress president is having on coronavirus. He has earlier talked to experts in the field. Gandhi claimed that testing is not being allowed in many Delhi hospitals. He also gave an assurance that he will write a letter to authorities concerned to expedite grant of compensation to healthcare workers, as announced by the Delhi government to those who died due to COVID-19.