Taking forward her “Zimmedaar Kaun (who is responsible)” campaign, she said it’s time for the ruling dispensation to answer for its actions. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday blamed the government’s alleged incompetence and lack of planning for the medical oxygen crisis during the second wave of coronavirus in the country and said it must answer the public for the lives lost to COVID-19. It is clear that the Modi government’s lack of planning and incompetence are responsible for the shortage of oxygen that devastated lives in the second wave. Why was no provision made for increasing the number of cryogenic tankers, when by all accounts a second wave was imminent?” she asked. “Who is responsible for the lack of oxygen in hospitals across India?” “Why were the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Health ignored, she asked.

Source: The Hindu May 29, 2021 10:11 UTC