Covid- 19 | Health Minister in an ‘different actuality’ as ‘nation gasps for breath’, says Tharoor
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(*19*) MP slams Harsh Vardhan’s comment that stated 180 districts have had no recent instances in the final seven days
Senior (*19*) chief Shashi Tharoor attacked Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday over his remarks that no recent COVID-19 instances have been detected in 180 districts in the final seven days, saying it’s unhappy to see the Health Minister occupy an “alternative reality while the nation gasps for breath”.
In his digital deal with on the twenty fifth assembly of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Saturday to debate the pandemic scenario, Mr. Vardhan stated 180 districts have confirmed no recent instances in the final seven days, 18 districts reported no instances in 14 days, 54 districts reported no infections in 21 days and 32 districts had been bereft of any recent instances in the final 28 days.
Tagging Mr. Vardhan’s remarks, Mr. Tharoor tweeted, “It’s sad to see Health Minister @drharshvardhan occupy an alternative reality while the nation gasps for breath & the world sees Indians suffering.” “Can one imagine Dr Fauci (and White House Chief Medical Adviser) celebrating SMSs, promoting faux medicines & endorsing unproven therapies? No one believes our figures,” the previous Union Minister stated.
Mr. Tharoor additionally tagged one other tweet of Mr. Vardhan a couple of days in the past in which he had famous that “our world-class Co-WIN platform ensured smooth rollout of beneficiary registration for Phase 3 of world’s largest vaccine drive”.
Mr. Vardhan talked about in that tweet that in simply three hours, 80 lakh folks registered, 1.45 crore SMS had been efficiently delivered and 38.3 crore API hits recorded.
Taking a swipe at Mr. Vardhan, Mr. Tharoor tweeted, “SMS delivered as an indication of success in fighting #Covid?” The (*19*) chief additionally tagged a media report which claimed that the Indian Medical Association has demanded an clarification from Mr. Vardhan for “promoting” Patanjali’s Coronil pill, and tweeted, “Would love to see that explanation! The nation wants to know…” In one other tweet, Mr. Tharoor requested why is the federal government not spending the ₹35,000 crore allotted in the finances and as a substitute passing the burden of vaccine prices to States.
“Once Parliament has approved it, why does the government sit on the money? There’s a record GST collection & windfall gains from fuel taxes. Buy vaccines!!” the MP from Thiruvananthapuram stated.
Mr. Tharoor additionally took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Central Vista venture by tagging two previous media studies — one quoting the PM as saying that each Indian may have a home in 2022 and the opposite on December 2022 being set as the deadline for readying the PM’s new home as a part of the Central Vista venture.
“No wonder they call him the Pratham Sevak!!” Mr. Tharoor tweeted.
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