State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and MP Sunil Soni on Saturday questioned the intent of the state government for announcing testing people for Covid-19, without any preparations.
Soni, commenting on the announcement by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, after seven new cases of coronavirus were detected in the state, said every day, new orders are being issued without considering the ground realities of how to implement them.
The BJP leader questioned the state government rationality behind announcing a total lockdown of Katghora and testing more than 80,000 residents.
“How many labs does the state have?” Soni asked.
Does the health department have the capacity to handle mass testing and how it intends to go about it?”
The Raipur MP said that instead of trying to honestly tackle the situation with available resources, for political mileage, the Congress government in the state has been taking hasty decisions, which is a mockery of the health of the people.
Soni further said that now only the AIIMS, Raipur, has the facility for treating coronavirus patients in the state.
He pointed out that until now, no cabinet ministers or even the chief minister has visited the AIIMS, where dedicated doctors and staffs are working around the clock, and both testing and treating patients.
By blaming the failure on the Centre, the state government turning away from its own responsibility, and this cannot work for long, the BJP MP said and added that detection of new Covid-19 positive cases in Katghora and filing of criminal cases against 16 people at a dargah in Ratanpur, confirms the doubts about the seriousness and implementing of the lockdown in the state.