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Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India's parliament and former president of the Congress, launched a fierce attack on Prime Minister Modi's government.
The second wave of the epidemic has struck, and the number of new confirmed cases in India in a single day has exceeded 400,000. According to the "Times of India" news, on May 1, local time, Gandhi said in an interview with the media that the whole world was shocked by the seriousness of the epidemic in India: whether it is an oxygen concentrator, a hospital, or even a crematorium, it needs to queue. In interviews, he vehemently accused the Modi government of being "grossly negligent and blindly overconfident," misrepresenting and responding to the situation, and prematurely declaring victory over COVID-19 before "throwing the ball to the states."
Screenshot of the Times of India report
"It's not a tidal wave, it's a tsunami, it destroys everything." Speaking about the second wave of the epidemic in India, Gandhi said, "There are endless queues everywhere. There are queues for oxygen cylinders, there are queues for oxygen cylinders, there are queues for life-saving drugs, there are queues for hospital beds, and now there are queues outside the crematorium. ”
"Our paramedics watched patients die in front of them, and they couldn't save anyone. India is now at the epicenter of the global coronavirus, and the world is shocked by what it sees in India. Gandhi added.
Rahul Gandhi infographic
He then fiercely accused the Modi government of being ineffective.
"We could and should have done better. Now, where is the government in this crisis? "They are only obsessed with saving the prime minister's image and blaming others." ”
In response to a reporter's question about "who is at fault," Gandhi said directly: "It is absolutely the prime minister's fault. He manages a highly centralized and personal government agency, fully committed to building his personal brand, with a complete focus on image rather than substance. In fact, the government has not fully understood or responded to the COVID-19 epidemic correctly from the beginning, despite repeated warnings. Since the beginning of the 2020 pandemic, I have been trying to warn the government that if we do not prepare urgently, the future disaster will come, but they attack me and laugh at me. It's not just me, anyone who tries to sound the alarm, the state ignores indifferently and rashly. ”
"The Modi government is clearly arrogant," Gandhi added, "and the only way to fight COVID-19 is to be humble and realize that you are facing a ruthless opponent." ”
"The prime minister has a whole year to better prepare, protect India and fully think about this crisis, but what have they done? Have the Prime Minister and the Government increased their oxygen, testing, beds and ventilators? Did the Prime Minister consider the state of our medical facilities in the long run and start building for the COVID-19 pandemic in the future? ”
"The Modi government is both grossly negligent and blindly overconfident." Gandhi also blamed.
According to the report, Gandhi believes that India is now in a state of national emergency, and "what is needed at this moment is to work together to treat our people." ”
At present, India is being hit by the second wave of the new crown epidemic, and the spread of the epidemic in many places is rapid. According to the latest data released by the Indian government on May 2, in the past 24 hours, India has added 392488 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, which has continuously refreshed the highest level of new cases in a single day since the epidemic, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached 19557457. There were 3,689 new deaths, bringing the cumulative total to 215542. The Indian government released data on May 1 that India added 401993 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day, which has continuously refreshed the highest level of new cases in a single day since the epidemic.
According to the Indian media's earlier forecast, on the morning of May 2, local time, Modi will meet with experts to assess india's oxygen and drug supply situation at the time of the surge in confirmed cases.