"India's fight against the first wave was a success"
- toppled a state government, huge celebrations, nearly the entire health department was infected a few weeks later
- announced a lockdown without warning. no economic packages until a while later 1/
- toppled a state government, huge celebrations, nearly the entire health department was infected a few weeks later
- announced a lockdown without warning. no economic packages until a while later 1/
- millions of migrant workers on the streets, robbed of dignity, livelihood. crushed under trains/died on the way. govt kept no records of them. Lied in court saying there are no migrant workers on the streets.
- ministers watching Ramayana, posting selfies peeling peas 2/
- ministers watching Ramayana, posting selfies peeling peas 2/
- communalised. put the blame squarely on Tablighi jamaat and then, thanks to the media and social media propaganda, squarely on the Muslim community as a whole.
- collected a fund with 1000s of crores of public money for the pandemic and said it is exempt from RTI. 3/
- collected a fund with 1000s of crores of public money for the pandemic and said it is exempt from RTI. 3/
- people were struggling to find beds back then too. people dying outside hospitals, waiting for admission, running from one hospital to another
- held Bihar election rallies
- had people clang plates and light lamps instead of paying front line workers. 4/
- held Bihar election rallies
- had people clang plates and light lamps instead of paying front line workers. 4/
- did not scale up health infra or oxygen to prepare for second wave. dismantled what was built in the first wave.
- used money to fund clinical trials in the ministry of AYUSH. Even assuming you believe in this, where are the results?
- sprayed people with disinfectant. 5/
- used money to fund clinical trials in the ministry of AYUSH. Even assuming you believe in this, where are the results?
- sprayed people with disinfectant. 5/
- didn't account for or work towards the country's vaccine requirements.
- created apps like arogya setu, did not work towards passing data privacy law
- tanked the economy worse than nearly every other country. An all time high in negative growth rate. 6/
- created apps like arogya setu, did not work towards passing data privacy law
- tanked the economy worse than nearly every other country. An all time high in negative growth rate. 6/
- jailed activists and dissenters
- endorsed coronil
Spread of the virus slowed DESPITE all this and experts were unable to say why, but certainly NOT as a result of any govt measures. And so:
- govt declared the pandemic is over, didn't vaccinate in time. Huge success. 7/7
- endorsed coronil
Spread of the virus slowed DESPITE all this and experts were unable to say why, but certainly NOT as a result of any govt measures. And so:
- govt declared the pandemic is over, didn't vaccinate in time. Huge success. 7/7