PM Modi, Covid-19 vaccines missing, only Central Vista remains: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a potshot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday saying that he is missing along with vaccines oxygen and medicines during the Covid19 pandemic and what remains is the Central Vista Project and the PMrsquos photosHe also said that the government of India has ldquoabdicatedrdquo its duty towards citizens during the pandemic and people must come together for those in needlsquoCan see PMrsquos photosrsquoldquoThe prime minister is also missing along with vaccines oxygen and medicines All that remain are the Central Vista Project GST goods and services tax on medicines and the PMrsquos photos here and thererdquo Gandhi said in a tweet in HindiFamily shifts a COVID patient to a hospital in Prayagraj UP on Thursday PicPTILeaders of 12 opposition parties had written to Modi on Wednesday seeking a free mass vaccination campaign and suspension of the ongoing Central Vista project and diversion of the money to aid the fight against Covid19Congressrsquo chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also hit out at the government over dead bodies floating in the GangaldquoWhat time has come in this New India that even dead bodies floating in rivers are not visible to the government Shamerdquo he said in a tweet in Hindi while citing a news report about bodies being buried in sand in Uttar Pradeshrsquos UnnaoCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded a judicial probe headed by a high court judge into bodies floating in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and said what is happening is inhuman and criminalldquoWhat is happening in UP is inhuman and criminal The government is busy image building while people are suffering unimaginablyldquoThere must be an immediate judicial enquiry headed by a High Court Judge into these eventsrdquo she wrote on TwitterThe Unnao district administration has ordered a probe after some bodies were found buried on the Ganga riverbank in the Bighapur Patan tehsil area officials said on ThursdayWith a singleday rise of 362727 cases Indiarsquos Covid19 tally climbed to 23703665 on Thursday while the death toll due to the viral disease rose to 258317 with 4120 more people succumbing to it according to the health ministryAlso Read Should we hang ourselves over nonavailability of vaccines Union ministerWhere are the vaccines HCThe dialer tune message of the Centre asking people to get vaccinated was criticised by the Delhi High Court which on Thursday said the ldquoirritatingrdquo message was being played for ldquowe donrsquot know how longrdquo asking people to get the jab when there was not enough vaccineldquoYou are not vaccinating people but you still say that vaccination lagavaiye get vaccinated Kaun lagayega vaccination who will get vaccinated when there is no vaccination What is the point of the messagerdquo a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli saidThe court also said that a lot of ldquopublicity and propagandardquo was there last year on washing of hands regularly and wearing of masks and now there should be similar audiovisual initiatives on use of oxygen concentrators medications etclsquoDelhi has 23 daysrsquo vaccines for 45 key workersrsquoAAP leader Atishi Thursday said Delhi is left with just twothree daysrsquo stock of vaccines for those above 45 and key workers For the 1844 age group the capital has eight days of Covishield doses available she said After Bharat Biotech said it cannot supply more doses of Covaxin to Delhi the city government wrote to the Serum Institute of India SII asking it to ldquocome to its rescuerdquo To this the SII said they are doing their best to meet countrywide vaccine requirements official sources said14 doctors in UP resign over lsquomisbehaviourrsquoFourteen doctors working at community and primary health centres in Uttar Pradeshrsquos Unnao have tendered their resignation alleging misbehaviour and mental harassment by administration officers The doctors however assured that they will not let their Covid19related work be affected till talks are going on with the district magistrate and the chief medical officer over the resignations The fourteen doctors who are incharge of CHCs and PHCs here submitted their resignation letters at the CMO office on Wednesday evening23703665Total no of coronavirus cases in India so far258317Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far3710525Total no of active cases in IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever