The Congress on Friday said the Supreme Court’s suo motu intervention in the management of Covid-19 in the country was “wrong” and “uncalled for”, and alleged that it amounts to over-centralisation of judicial powers. While the Congress also hit out at the government over its handling of the pandemic in the country where there is “shortage” of everything, former party chief Rahul Gandhi questioned the Centre’s priority in going ahead with the Rs 20,000 crore central vista project in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.
The Congress said venerable institutions have to realise that their primary job is to protect the lives of citizens of India, not the reputation of the central government and demanded vaccine neutrality just like net neutrality.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said high courts were efficiently upholding the citizens’ right to life and holding the government accountable in a more nuanced way on a case-to-case basis and they should have been allowed to carry on their work. “The Supreme Court’s intervention on April 22, 2021 is totally uncalled for. Unfortunately, it is wrong, wrong and wrong”.