Ramban, 25-04-21: Ashok Kumar, Former MLA from Ramban and a Senior Congress leader has expressed serious concern over the grim health emergency in India’s urban sector and government’s inept handling of the Covid-19 crisis and acute shortage of Oxygen cylinders.
In a statement issued here, he said “ Nation is at war. Thousand of citizens have died due to pandemic on everyday basis. It is more than 3 times martyred during Kargil war. NDA Government is pushing the country towards unprecedented catastrophe due to unpreparedness and thoughtlessness in combating against gravest disaster that has hit the country and affected approximately millions of families claiming 1,75,673 lives so far according to the the news.”
Ashok has further pleaded to the Government to take more consultative approach towards decision making in this regard. It is the gravest situation in front of India and this pandemic have already led to enormous amount of human suffering and it will continue to multiply until the Government would reach out collectively to the experienced scholars, former Health ministers, former health secretaries, prominent economists, opposition leaders and other experience holders who are having some knowledge in the above context. It is imperative to collectively work in such an environment to combat against this deadly virus.
Ashok said the Modi government have to set aside their partisan prejudices and asked best minds in the country to advise the government at such a juncture. He said opposition has always played a role in country, without opposition country can not be considered as Democratic. Thus, it becomes the duty of opposition even at local levels to help and support in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
Ashok said, it has becomes essential for government to follow collaborative approach and cooperation that has helped the Nation stand together even during several crisis in the past. On the contrary, government has shown reluctance to learn lessons from the history. In these troubled times, government should promote trust and solidarity among the citizens, however, so far their central focus is to bring BJP party to power in West Bengal and other states.
At last, he said Nation is facing the gravest crisis and needs a government who listen and act in the interests not only of one party or one religion, or one leader but serving every citizen of India who are on the verge of loosing their families and livelihood.
