Pradesh Congress president Niranjan Patnaik on Wednesday slammed the Central Government for creating an unwarranted situation in the country, for which millions of people suffered and thousands died. “All these happened because of lack of vision and clear policy guidelines of the Modi Government, which even lacks sympathy to the people,” said Patnaik.
He said Congress national leader Rahul Gandhi has time and again reminded the Government of the Covid-19 seriousness and about severe public health crisis in offing, but the latter didn’t pay heed to it. Even, the suggestion of Gnadhi for providing free vaccine was also undermined. When millions lost jobs, small traders, businessmen and street vendors lost livelihoods, poor and marginal communities suffered food crisis, the prices of essential commodities skyrocketed and that of petroleum products reached all-time high, the Modi Government’s announcement of free rice is just eyewash, said Patnaik.