New Delhi: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has once again renewed its attack on the Nitish Kumar government over the deteriorating coronavirus situation in Bihar and said that the JD(U) supremo is busy inducting leaders from other political parties and is not paying attention to the health situation in the state.
LJP spokesperson Vineet Singh hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said the people of the state are reeling under the coronavirus scare, adding the "Chief Minister is not bothered."
Training guns at the ruling party, Singh said, "People of Bihar are facing severe problems due to the coronavirus crisis but Nitish Kumar is least interested. There is an acute shortage of beds and coronavirus medicines in the states and there is black marketing of oxygen cylinders going on. Was Nitish Kumar asking for votes for this day?"
Pointing that the second wave of the pandemic is more disastrous, the LJP leader said that the experts had warned during the first wave of the pandemic that the second wave is going to be more 'dangerous'.
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"The Bihar government got ample time to arrange the health facilities but nothing happened. People are compelled to make rounds of hospitals and are dying every day. Nitish Kumar is busy inducting political leaders from across the political spectrum and is not focused on how to fight the pandemic. I urge Bihar CM not to do politics over coronavirus and save the state," he added.
Singh also assured that if the state faces a shortage of ventilators, LJP workers will help to arrange more ventilators.
The lone independent MLA in Bihar recently joined JD(U) and Chirag Paswan's LJP has no representation left in the state legislature.
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Bihar on Sunday recorded 8,690 fresh COVID-19 cases and 27 people succumbed to the virus. Patna continues to be the worst-affected district with 2,290 active COVID cases taking the active caseload to 44,700.
The infection rate in the state is 8.64 per cent and the recovery rate is now slashed to 85.67 per cent. The state govt has announced the imposition of a state-wide night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am till May 15. All cinema halls, malls, clubs, gyms, and parks will remain shut.
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