Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting politics and propaganda ahead of Indian's well-being, as she launched a series of attacks against the government over its handling of the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.
Priyanka’s harsh criticism of the prime minister was part of her 'Zimmedaar Kaun?' (Who is responsible?) campaign in which she said that during the crisis PM Modi's 'incompetence at governance' was on display.
“He (the prime minister) simply retreated and waited for the worst to pass. The prime minister of India has behaved like a coward. He has let our country down,” Priyanka said in a statement which she posted on her Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts.
“Indians do not come first for him. Politics does. Truth does not concern him, propaganda does,” the Congress leader alleged and urged people to question the government over its handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Priyanka also said that the prime minister concentrated on building image when he decided to export vaccines to other countries and did not bother to think about his own countrymen. She also said that the vaccine registration platform was “convoluted” and designed to slow down the vaccination process.
In her two-page statement on Saturday, the Congress leader also alleged that the prime minister chose not to listen to the recommendations of the Empowered Group which was set up by his own government to tackle the pandemic and also ignored the recommendations of the parliamentary committee on health. Priyanka also said that from the beginning of the pandemic the Modi-led government avoided taking responsibility and hid the truth.