Union well being minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday claimed that he took specialists’ views earlier than writing to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot to observe Covid-19 protocols through the celebration’s ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
In a letter to Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot, Mandaviya had requested them to make sure that correct Covid tips are being adopted. In response to Mandaviya’s letter, Congress MP Karti Chidamabaram questioned the Centre for focusing on solely grand previous celebration, that too, when there are not any restrictions on different public gatherings.
“To make sure that Covid-19 does not unfold in Rajasthan, I took specialists’ views and wrote to Rahul Gandhi stating that Covid-19 protocol must be adopted in Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Mandaviya stated after the backlash.
Mandaviya claimed that three Rajasthan MPs had written to him that a variety of Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra individuals have been detected Covid-19 constructive. “The Himachal Pradesh chief minister additionally examined constructive after attending this yatra,” Mandaviya stated.
“It’s my responsibility to make sure that Covid-19 does not unfold within the nation. If somebody thinks that how can a minister query them, then what can we do about their mindset? Questioning me on that is like obstructing me from doing my responsibility,” the well being minister responded.
Within the letter, Mandaviya wrote, “If it’s not potential to observe the Covid rules, then the yatra must be stopped preserving in thoughts the ‘public well being emergency’ state of affairs.”
The well being minister additionally harassed the usage of masks and sanitisers within the yatra. In keeping with the well being ministry, solely vaccinated folks ought to take part within the march.
The letter got here as recent well being considerations have been triggered by the brand new wave of Covid in China.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that Mandaviya “has been deputed to divert the general public’s consideration”.
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