Leader of Congress Party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday wrote to Speaker Om Birla requesting the convening of a special session of Parliament on current health emergency due to Covid-19. In the letter he said, the collective wisdom of the House which will emerge from the discussion will guide the nation to recover from this health emergency. The discussion will give important inputs to the government to frame program and policies which will help this country recover from this pandemic.

"As you are aware, the corona pandemic is inflicting havoc on the health system of the country. The entire health infrastructure has stretched to its limits and almost collapsed. The daily fresh cases have crossed the grim 4 lakh mark. The second wave of this corona pandemic has created a sense of fear, frustration, gloom and helplessness in the entire country. The fear of death has come to knock at the doorstep of each and every family," Chowdhury wrote in the letter.