‘Akin to wolf attacking herd of sheep’

“It is an attack on a herd of sheep by wolf,” was how former Minister Eatala Rajender described the assembly of Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar with the previous’s supporters in his native constituency Huzurabad to extract a promise from them that they might stand by TRS and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Mr. Rajender launched a video saying Mr. Kamalakar was threatening his supporters who have been all elected representatives that they might lose their posts, their payments wouldn’t be paid and that works of their villages could be stopped in the event that they continued to toe his line. He additionally requested if Mr. Kamalakar was given an exemption from the Chief Minister’s directions to Ministers that they need to focus solely on anti-Covid measures of their respective districts. Instead of complying with the directions, Mr. Kamalakar was up to poaching his supporters.

By one other video, Mr. Rajender mentioned he had protected his followers within the final 20 years like a hen spreading its wings over the chicks. Now, Mr. Kamalakar who was nowhere within the separate Telangana motion tried to separate him from followers.

Politics pervades each sphere of life these days within the Telugu States and the current lockdown imposed to comprise the unfold of Covid-19 in Telangana isn’t any exception. Irrespective of the police efforts to implement the lockdown in tune with the rules, some people and teams get their approach someway! However, the police seem to have a tough job on their arms when it comes to politicians. On Sunday, the police prevented Congress MP A. Revanth Reddy from continuing to Gandhi Hospital to supervise a meals court docket that he began for the attendants of Covid sufferers. On the opposite hand, faraway in Huzurabad a political opponent of former minister Eatala Rajender reportedly had his approach in holding a press convention and in Manthani birthday celebration of ZP Chairperson P. Madhu was held flouting the lockdown and mocking social distancing!

Upsurge of Covid-19 has positively stirred the proverbial hornet’s nest within the political circles with opposition events elevating a hue and cry over the federal government’s alleged failure to take steps to universalise vaccine administration. Political alternate of phrases aside, medical regulators and specialists on their half have thrown folks into confusion. The change within the timeline for admission of second dose of Covishield is the most recent set off.

The deadline has been prolonged from six to eight weeks previously to twelve to sixteen weeks now giving rise to a contemporary bout of uncertainty over vaccination of Covishield. This was compounded by an announcement that the jab of those that already booked slots for second dose would stay unchanged whereas contemporary bookings could be rescheduled in CoWIN as per the brand new interval. Further including to the confusion, late within the night time on Sunday, the federal government introduced no vaccination programme within the State from Monday with out setting the date for resumption.

N. Rahul, B. Chandrashekhar and M. Rajeev