New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday criticized the AAP Government for ordering to dismantle Covid Care Centre arranged by its Lok Sabha member from North East Delhi. The BJP said that MP Manoj Tiwari had arranged over 800 Covid beds in his constituency when the second wave was peaking but were dismantled out of vendetta politics by the Arvind Kejriwal government.
Sharing government order dated April 18, which stated setting up of additional beds as extension to Covid Hospital, BJP National in-charge of Information and Technology department, Amit Malviya tweeted, "Manoj Tiwari, BJP MP from North East Delhi had arranged for 808 Covid beds across his constituency, linked to a dedicated hospital, at a time when second wave was peaking. But they were dismantled on the orders of the Delhi government out of vendetta. Kejriwal must explain why."
The order by District Magistrate, North East Delhi, said, "As per the direction of Government of NCT of Delhi, this office has identified the following facilities for setting up additional beds as extension to Covid Hospital in order to create additional bedded capacity for Covid patients."
The order further stated, "There is no Covid Hospital in District North East. However, keeping in view the growing number of Covid patients in the district, it is imperative to have Covid Hospital linkage on an urgent basis. It is therefore intended to link the identified facilities with your hospital."