Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar said that the Aam Aadmi Party Government’s decision to re-open schools seems to be a premature move with experts has warned of the third wave on October and many States where schools reopened the cases of covid-19 among children have gone up. Kumar said that with the festival season about to set in and people expected to crowd markets and shopping centres, the Kejriwal Government should show a more pro-active attitude in the strict implementation of the Covid guidelines.
He said that Delhiites would not be able to bear with another lockdown as the past lockdowns have virtually wrecked the economy of the national Capital and therefore, prevention is better than cure. He recalled that in November-December last year, Delhi witnessed a sharp spike in Corona cases.
Kumar said that Delhi cannot afford to face such a grim scenario yet again, as people are still to recover from the deadly blows inflicted by the last two waves of the Covid pandemic.
Meanwhile, a meeting of prominent leaders of the Dalit community was organized by Delhi Congress vice-president and former MLA Jaikishan. The leaders expressed its anguish at Kejriwal Government “apathy” in raising voice against atrocities reported against Dalit girls.
The Congress Delhi unit vice- chairman said that after independence the Congress initiated many schemes and projects for the protection and uplift of Dalits and other backward castes, including reservation in education and jobs but the present government in Delhi and Centre have done nothing to address the issues being faced by the community.