‘Crime against humanity’: Priyanka accuses Fadnavis of hoarding Remdesivir

Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on April 19 accused former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of hoarding Remdesivir, saying a BJP chief holding on to the drug at a time when persons are scrambling to rearrange it’s a “crime against humanity”.

Taking to Twitter, the Congress basic secretary tagged a video of prime Maharashtra BJP leaders, together with Mr. Fadnavis, arguing with police officers after the Mumbai Police questioned a pharma firm director following data that 1000’s of vials of the Remdesivir drug, crucial in COVID-19 therapy, have been to be flown out of the nation.

“At a time when people from every corner of the country are requesting for being provided with Remdesivir, and many are struggling to procure a bottle of Remdesivir to save their lives, a BJP leader, who was in responsible position, hoarding Remdesivir is a crime against humanity,” Ms. Vadra mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

The Mumbai Police on April 18 mentioned they’d data that the Remdesivir inventory was going to be flown overseas as air cargo, regardless of a ban on the export of the drug.

While Leader of Opposition Fadnavis claimed the director was picked up as a result of the BJP managed to get permissions in place for the availability of the drug to Maharashtra, activist Saket Gokhale puzzled how did a “private individual like Fadnavis” procure Remdesivir inventory from Gujarat when the sale is allowed solely to the federal government.

The BJP objected to the pharma govt’s grilling by the police, saying the State authorities was enjoying politics amid the pandemic.

On studying that the pharma firm director was being quizzed, Mr. Fadnavis and one other State BJP chief Pravin Darekar rushed to the police station.