Seeking credit for the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi, members of the ruling AAP and Opposition BJP crossed swords in the Assembly on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the pandemic could not have been controlled by a single Government and lauded doctors and scientists for treating patients and developing vaccines against the virus.
“It was truly a difficult time for all, during which the citizens, various organisations, the prime minister, the Home Minister and the Union Government collaborated on a high scale. The epidemic could not have been controlled by a single Government or individual,” he said.
However, the most important work was done by the doctors and other frontline workers, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo pointed out.
“We politicians can commend ourselves as much as we want, but neither the prime minister nor Kejriwal went to the hospitals to treat the patients. It was done by the doctors,” he said.
Speaking before the chief Minister, Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said it was “sad and unfortunate” that the Delhi Government failed to appreciate the contribution of the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre in the L-G’s address to the House.
“At a time when the number of Covid-19 cases was rising in Delhi, the central government stepped in and under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, provided relief to the people of the city by arranging thousands of beds for the patients, airlifting doctors and paramedics and providing other equipment to fight the virus,” he said.