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BJP Slams Sena’s Sanjay Raut After “File Case Against Government” Remark

Mumbai: BJP lashed out on Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for criticism of the Centre’s statement on “no deaths due to lack of oxygen” and accused him of “fake anguish” and “shameless politics”.

The BJP today said the Center was concerned over the information provided by the Maharashtra government, which had told the Bombay High Court that no patient had died due to lack of oxygen in the state.

“Mr Sanjay Raut I am amazed at the double wording of double defaulters, Shiv Sena and Congress. Please also provide the number of deaths in Maharashtra state due to lack of oxygen to the central government and press. Same logic applies to Delhi state which was the epicentre,” Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi said.

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The party also underlined its point in tweets.

“See how Hippocratic (sic) and shameless Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is. In May 2021 Thackeray government had submitted a report to the Bombay High Court and claimed, no patient died due to a shortage of oxygen. Centre prepared its report on basis of information forwarded by the state government,” the BJP tweeted.

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“Now reacting on this report Sanjay Raut express his fake anguish and said, he was speechless and a case should be filed against the Centre government for this claim. His statements once again exposed shameless politics of MVA government, precisely Shiv Sena,” the party added.

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Mr Raut had said in parliament that people who lost relatives to oxygen shortage in the second wave of Covid should take the central government to court.

“Many people have died due to oxygen shortage in several states. The Union government is running away from the truth. It seems it is the effect of Pegasus (Israeli spyware),” the Rajya Sabha member quipped, talking to reporters.

There has been a huge political backlash, especially during the second Covid surge, after the government said in the Rajya Sabha that there have been no deaths by states and union territories due to lack of oxygen.

In a written reply to Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Junior Health Minister Bharati Praveen Pawar said health is a state subject and states and union territories regularly report the number of cases and deaths to the Centre. “However, no deaths due to lack of oxygen have been specifically reported by states and UTs,” added Ms Pawar, responding to the question on whether Covid patients died on roads and hospitals due to oxygen shortage.

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