Jai Ram to Cong: Don’t politicise the pandemic
SHIMLA: Don’t politicise the pandemic, Himachal chief minister Jai Ram Thakur told the Congress on Monday as the state assembly held a marathon discussion on Covid situation with special focus on the second wave.
Thakur said his government has made good use of every penny donated to fight the epidemic. He appreciated the legislators for contributing their salaries towards the relief measures in the state. The CM intervened in the discussions initiated under Rule 130 and said, “It is wrong on the Opposition’s part to level allegations without facts.”
He also took strong exception to the remarks made by Congress’ Jagat Singh Negi on the Prime Minister and said that it was absolutely wrong to say that Narendra Modi has given the free vaccines only after one crore people have been inoculated.
Thakur said that the doctors, paramedical staff and front-line workers worked while risking their lives, “so the Opposition should not discourage them”.
Earlier, Congress member Inderdutt Lakhanpal introduced a resolution in the House under Rule 130 regarding the impact of the epidemic on the public and steps taken by the government to get rid of it.
He said Covid-stricken patients, who were referred to Ner Chowk in Mandi, did not get the required treatment and many of them died. He said there were many patients who died due to scarcity of oxygen.
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