Asserting that the COVID-19 pandemic situation is going from bad to worse, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan are refusing to own responsibility and are making a mockery of democratic principles . His remarks came after the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday showed a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day in India, raising the country s tally to 2,14,91,598. The active cases have crossed the 36-lakh mark. The pandemic situation is going from bad to worse. The insufficient supply of vaccines is a hard, bitter truth, but the government is in denial, Chidambaram tweeted.
COVID situation going from bad to worse; PM, Health Minister refuse to own responsibility: Chidambaram
His remarks came after the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday showed a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day in India, raising the country s tally to 2,14,91,598
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NEW DELHI: Asserting that the COVID-19 pandemic situation is going from bad to worse, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan are refusing to own responsibility and are making a mockery of democratic principles .
His remarks came after the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday showed a record 4,14,188 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day in India, raising the country s tally to 2,14,91,598.
530 Needed: A transparent and accountable mechanism of decision-making to fight the second wave and be prepared for the next one. PTI
Dinesh C Sharma
Science Commentator
India is more than one year into the pandemic and is currently facing one of the sharpest waves of the Covid-19 spread. Time and again, our leaders and government experts have invoked the imagery of war while talking about combating the virus.
Prime Minister Modi has constantly exhorted people to join this war against the coronavirus. He spoke about a ‘second big war against corona’ while launching the so-called Tika Utsav (vaccine festival) on April 11, 2021.
COVID resurgence brings renewed challenges for India; GDP growth seen at 9.5 pc: Fitch AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR
The spiralling crisis from resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India has dented support for the ruling BJP but voter support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party will remain strong over the coming quarters and through this humanitarian crisis, Fitch Solutions said Thursday.
The sudden and steep surge in the number of coronavirus cases â the highest-ever 4,12,262 new infections and a record 3,980 daily death toll in a day â has swamped the health system, which seemed to have collapsed.
While containment measures will weigh on India s ongoing economic recovery, the localised nature of restrictions means that the actual impact is likely to be much less severe relative to April-June 2020 when a strict nationwide lockdown was imposed, Fitch Solutions said.