Government only indulging in sham of COVID-19 ‘vaccine festival’, Rahul Gandhi alleges

Rahul Gandhi’s attack came after the government celebrated the ‘Tika Utsav’ (vaccine festival) from April 11 to 14

April 15, 2021 01:02 pm | Updated 04:55 pm IST - New Delhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on April 15 attacked the government over the handling of the COVID-19 situation and alleged that it is only indulging in a “sham” of a ‘vaccine festival’.

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He also alleged that there is no testing, no beds in hospitals, neither ventilators or oxygen and vaccine is also not available.

Mr. Gandhi also took a jibe asking what PM-CARES is doing, as huge donations were given to the fund for handling COVID-19 situation.

“There are no tests or beds in hospitals. There are no ventilators or oxygen. The vaccine is also not there. But there is a sham of a festival. PM-CARES?” he asked.

His attack came after the government celebrated the ‘Tika Utsav’ (vaccine festival) from April 11 to 14.

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India saw its highest single-day rise of 2,00,739 COVID-19 infections and 1,038 fatalities pushing the country’ tally of cases to 1,40,74,564 and the total death toll to 1,73,123, according to official data.

The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country were recorded at 14,71,877 cases.

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