Congress leaders on Wednesday slammed the Centre for issuing a letter to Rahul Gandhi and asking him to cease the Bharat Jodo Yatra if Covid-19 guidelines should not attainable to be adopted.. Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that Union well being minister Mansukh Mandaviya “has been deputed to divert the general public’s consideration”.
“I need to ask BJP, did PM Modi comply with Covid protocols throughout Gujarat Polls? I feel Mansukh Mandaviya is just not liking Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra however individuals are liking and becoming a member of it. Mandaviya has been deputed to divert the general public’s consideration,” he advised information company ANI.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram questioned, “What are the Covid protocols immediately?”
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“We are not having any enforceable COVID protocols in another public gatherings. Why this sudden consideration to Bharat Jodo Yatra if not that it’s rankling the BJP?,” he added, as quoted by ANI.
Union well being minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a letter addressed to Rahul Gandhi stated, “If it isn’t attainable to comply with the Covid rules, then the yatra needs to be stopped retaining in thoughts the ‘public well being emergency’ state of affairs.”
The well being minister additionally burdened the usage of masks and sanitisers within the yatra. Based on the well being ministry, solely vaccinated folks ought to take part within the march.
The letter got here as recent well being issues have been triggered by the brand new wave of Covid in China.
In the meantime, the well being ministry is holding a assessment assembly on the Covid state of affairs within the nation with the secretaries of well being and Ayush ministries, the Division of Prescription drugs and Division of Biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Analysis (ICMR) Director Common Rajiv Bahl, Member (Well being) of NITI Aayog V Okay Paul and Nationwide Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) Chairman N L Arora and different senior officers.
(With inputs from ANI)
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