Government only indulging in sham of COVID ”vaccine festival”, Rahul Gandhi alleges

PTI, Apr 15, 2021, 11:43 AM IST

New Delhi:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the government over the handling of the COVID-19 situation and alleged that it is only indulging in a “sham” of a ”vaccine festival”.

He also alleged that there is no testing, no beds in hospitals, neither ventilators nor oxygen and vaccine is also not available.

Gandhi also took a jibe asking what PM-CARES is doing, as huge donations were given to the fund for handling the COVID-19 situation.

“There are no tests or beds in hospitals. There are no ventilators or oxygen. The vaccine is also not there. But there is a sham of a festival. PM-CARES?” he asked.

His attack came after the government celebrated the ”Tika Utsav” (vaccine festival) from April 11 to 14.

India saw its highest single-day rise of 2,00,739 COVID-19 infections and 1,038 fatalities pushing the country” tally of cases to 1,40,74,564 and the total death toll to 1,73,123, according to official data.

The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country was recorded at 14,71,877 cases.