NDA govt not concerned enough to deal with problems caused by COVID-19: Owaisi

PTI, Aug 30, 2020, 1:43 PM IST

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has charged the NDA government with not showing enough concern to address the job losses and other adverse effects brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

He said 1.8 crore people all over the country were now not receiving salaries and eight crore daily wage labourers were out of work.

“Also, 10 crore school children who used to get mid-day meals have reportedly been depriving of it because of the lockdown,” he said, addressing an online public meeting here on Saturday night.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi had ‘invited’ all this on the country by imposing an unplanned, unconstitutional lockdown,” he alleged.

He also alleged that there has been a 64 percent dip in child immunization and that 10 lakh children had not received their BCG vaccination during the lockdown.

“Besides, six lakh children had missed getting their oral polio vaccine since the COVID-19 outbreak, “he said.

He alleged that the Prime Minister also was not worried about Chinese intrusions along the nation’s borders.

Owaisi urged his supporters to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of one’s religion He said his party would contest the coming assembly polls in Bihar.

AIMIM had gained a foothold in Bihar in 2019, winning minority Muslim dominated Kishanganj assembly seat in a bypoll.