Instead of creating false claims, UP govt should insure policies for Covid: Priyanka Gandhi – The Opinion

New Delhi: Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday attacked the Uttar Pradesh authorities over its dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that at a time when instances are quickly rising, the Yogi Adityanath dispensation should undertake clear insurance policies as a substitute of creating false claims. The Congress normal secretary in-charge UP East has been criticising the state authorities’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, alleging that it’s indulging in propaganda, as a substitute of coping with the pandemic.

“Sitting in Lucknow, the UP authorities makes huge claims on combating coronavirus, however two kilometers from there, its claims are uncovered,” Priyanka Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

“The number of coronavirus cases in UP is continuously rising. In such a situation, the government must adopt strong and transparent policies, instead of making false claims,” she mentioned, tagging a TV media report which claimed that the federal government claims on coping with the COVID disaster have been “hollow”.

In a Facebook put up, Priyanka Gandhi mentioned the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had claimed of getting two lakh hospital beds a number of days in the past however because the coronavirus instances are rising, the mismanagement is coming to the fore.

She additionally tagged a media report claiming that even King George’s Medical University staff will not be getting beds within the hospital in Lucknow.