Make Gadkari Handle COVID-19 Situation, PMO Is Useless: Swamy To PM

Mumbai: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should make Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in charge of the COVID-19 management amid the second wave of the virus in the country.

In a tweet, the BJP leader also warned of a third COVID-19 wave that could target children more and urged the government to ‘hand over the handling of this war to Gadkari’.

“India will survive Coronavirus Pandemic as it did Islamic invaders and British Imperialists. We could face one more wave that targets children unless strict precautions now being taken. Modi should therefore delegate the conduct of this war to Gadkari. Relying on PMO is useless,” Swamy said in a tweet.

https://twitter.com/Swamy39/status/1389741600163520512?s=20

Notably, this tweet by the veteran BJP leader has come at a time when there has been a shortage of oxygen in dozens of hospitals in many states, worrying the families of patients for oxygen cylinders.

India recorded 3.82 lakh new COVID-19 cases and 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health on Wednesday (May 5, 2021).

3,82,315 new coronavirus infections and 3,38,439 were recovered between Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

The country undergoing a second wave of coronaviruses now has a total of 2,06,65,148 COVID-19 cases, of which 1,69,51,731 have been cured, while 2,26,188 are victims of the virus.

The world’s second-worst coronavirus-hit country recorded more than 3,00,000 new infections for a 14th straight day on Wednesday. India now has 34,87,229 active cases.

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