Government’s negligence during COVID-19 pandemic killed 40 lakh Indians: Rahul Gandhi
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that 40 lakh Indians died during the coronavirus pandemic due to the government’s “negligence”. At the same time, he once again demanded a compensation of four lakh rupees each to the families of all the deceased.
Rahul shared a ‘screenshot’ (picture) of a New York Times report on Twitter, which claimed that India is in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) effort to make public the worldwide COVID-19 death toll. obstructing.
मोदी जी ना सच बोलते हैं, ना बोलने देते हैं।
वो तो अब भी झूठ बोलते हैं कि oxygen shortage से कोई नहीं मरा!
मैंने पहले भी कहा था – कोविड में सरकार की लापरवाहियों से 5 लाख नहीं, 40 लाख भारतीयों की मौत हुई।
फ़र्ज़ निभाईये, मोदी जी – हर पीड़ित परिवार को ₹4 लाख का मुआवज़ा दीजिए। pic.twitter.com/ZYKiSK2XMJ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 17, 2022
The former Congress president said in a tweet, ‘Modi ji neither speaks the truth, nor does he allow to speak. They still lie that no one died due to lack of oxygen!’
Rahul said, ‘I had said earlier also – due to the negligence of the government during COVID, not five lakh but 40 lakh Indians have died.’ He said, ‘Fulfill your duty, Modi ji, give a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to every victim’s family.’
Earlier in November last year, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi had said that the government should give the correct figures of those who lost their lives due to COVID-19 and give a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to each affected family. The Congress has been alleging that the government has not released the actual figures of deaths from COVID-19. The party has demanded a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the family of the deceased.
According to the data of the Union Health Ministry updated on Monday, the death toll from Kovid-19 in the country has increased to 5,21,965. It is noteworthy that India on Saturday questioned the World Health Organization’s methodology for estimating the COVID-19 mortality rate in the country, saying that such a mathematical model can be used to calculate the number of deaths in a country with such a huge geographical size and population. Cannot be guessed.
The Union Health Ministry said this in response to a New York Times article titled ‘India obstructing WHO’s effort to make global COVID death toll public’, published on April 16. The ministry said that the country has expressed its concerns several times over the methodology being adopted by the World Health Organisation. Using its methodology, the United Nations health agency had estimated around 15 million deaths due to Kovid-19 globally by the end of 2021.
The New York Times report alleged that the WHO has estimated around 4 million deaths in India, which is almost eight times higher than the health ministry figures. “But India’s objections have delayed the release of the staggering estimate for months, which disputes the calculation of how many of its civilians were killed and tried to prevent it from becoming public,” the report said. .’
