BJP Is Concerned Only About Elections But Not About Second Wave Of COVID: Congress’ Siddaramaiah

Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday accused the centre and the state government of being concerned only about the elections, but not about the administration amid the second wave of coronavirus

Taking to Twitter, Siddaramaiah charged state and Central BJP leaders and wrote, “COVID-19 second wave crisis has exposed the fragile public care system under the present BJP Central and State government. People have become helpless without any medical treatment for COVID-19.”

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Siddaramaiah accused the Center and the state governments of being irresponsible even after the first wave of COVID-19 had serious experience.

“India had a grave experience during the first wave. Yet the government has not learned any lesson. Remdesivir, widely used for Covid treatment, is not available. Why was the government not ready with the medicines?” he asked.

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“There is also a shortage of normal and ICU beds for COVID patients. People are left to suffer without oxygen and other support systems. Government is just busy solving internal crisis rather than solving public health crisis,” he added.

“With government hospitals full, people are heading towards private hospitals for the treatment. Many are unable to afford the private hospital charges. I urge the Chief Minister of Karnataka and state health department minister to make COVID-19 treatment free for all the patients referred to the private hospitals,” he wrote.

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“It is really unfortunate that Central BJP and state BJP leaders were only worried about elections but not administration. Why are Karnataka BJP leaders not following the protocols which they are trying to preach to the public?”

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Karnataka reported 14,859 new COVID-19 cases, 4,031 discharges, and 78 deaths on Thursday as per the state health bulletin on Friday evening. With this, the total Covid tally of the state reached 11,24,509, including 1,07,315 active cases.

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