Priyanka Gandhi again slams Yogi govt over Covid 'mismanagement'

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra continued to attack Yogi government over the handling of coronavirus pandemic in the state as the COVID-19 cases continue to rise. She alleged that the state government has not done enough preparations to handle the crisis and is trying to hide their failures.

New Delhi:Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government again over what she dubbed as its "mismanagement" of the coronavirus crisis even as the number of corona cases in the state rose to 47,036.

"CM saheb and his officers are saying that there are beds and everything is alright in the fight against COVID. But reports say something else -- that the government preparations are inadequate; and to hide their failures, they have adopted a policy of putting a veil on it.

"Patients are worried, health workers are worried, and the head of the government says that it's the weakest virus of the century and is running away from responsibility," the Congress leader remarked.

She asked people to just have a look at the condition of hospitals in Bareilly to understand what all she was saying.

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Earlier too, Vadra had attacked the Yogi government over the rapid increase in coronavirus cases, alleging that disease has taken a 'gigantic form' as the state govt did not pay attention to key containment measures such as testing and contact tracing.

"The ground reality is completely different from the "propaganda" of the Yogi Adityanath dispensation," she had said.

Gandhi said, "The COVID-19 ward of the medical college is full of drainage water. The patients are worried and there is no system of draining out the water, the Congress general secretary in-charge of UP East tweeted in Hindi along with a video of the ward with drainage water."

The Congress general secretary criticised the state government's response to the Covid-19 crisis, alleging that it is indulging in propaganda, instead of dealing with the pandemic.

With IANS inputs