Kerala opposition plans door-to-door survey to find 'actual Covid deaths'

The Congress's Kerala unit has now decided to get proactive in documenting "actual" Covid deaths in the state, and will appoint an expert agency for this purpose. Congress state chief K. Sudhakaran is also determined to expose how Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his team had utilised Covid to their advantage in the April 6 Assembly elections to retain power

Thiruvananthapuram:Kerala's main opposition party has now decided to get proactive in documenting "actual" Covid deaths in the state, and will appoint an expert agency for this purpose.

Based on its preliminary observation in July, the Congress party had said that around 21,000 Covid deaths have not been included while the Kerala government announced a total tally of 15,025 total Covid deaths on July 16. The party also said that despite promises by state Health Minister Veena George of revising the list, that has not happened. As of date, the total Covid death toll, according to the Kerala government, is 24,191.

Congress state chief K. Sudhakaran is determined to expose how Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his team had utilised Covid to their advantage in the April 6 Assembly elections to retain power.

Sudhakaran has a two-pronged strategy to document the actual number of Covid deaths. He is all set to appoint an expert professional agency, besides using the grassroot Congress party workers to conduct a door-to-door house survey across the state to make sure there is no discrepancy in the final tally.

Vijayan is now feeling the heat as Kerala is recording more than 50 per cent of the daily new cases in the country, having the highest number of active cases, not to mention daily high Covid deaths. Meanwhile, the people of the state travelling to neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are facing restrictions and suspicion.

(IANS)