Directionless Government Caused More Damage Than Virus!

Last year, when the midnight lockdown between March 24 and 25 was imposed, there were about 500 COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths across the country. Prime Minister Modi had not consulted any state, his own cabinet or any expert committee for this. In the second, more dangerous wave of COVID-19, more than 2 lakh 90 thousand cases are now being registered daily and the number of daily deaths is above two thousand. This time Modi said there would be no lockdown. It means that the government has itself accepted that it neither had a strategy to deal with the virus then, nor today. People are dying in hospitals due to lack of beds, oxygen and life saving medicines, but the government has left the people to their own devices. Senior journalist Urmilesh presents an analysis on the situation at the moment and on the PM's address.