Thread by @RURALINDIA

So @svaradarajan listed out some of Modi's blunders in today's edition of @TheIndiaCable .
I'm reproducing it here:
1.The delayed realisation that this was a disease that needed to be taken seriously because the priority mid-March 2020 was toppling the Congress government in MP

2. The sudden lockdown, announced with no planning or consultation with official stakeholders.

3. The assault on the media instead of getting the administration to plug the shortcomings that journalists were highlighting.

4. The communalisation of the pandemic.

5. False bravado in claiming India was doing better than others, which played a major role in the public lowering its guard.

6. Touting fake technological solutions like Aarogya Setu. Promoting bogus ‘AYUSH’ remedies, especially those produced by businessmen close to BJP

7. The woefully inadequate fiscal and administrative measures to protect the economy and the most vulnerable citizens.

8. The refusal to allow proper parliamentary oversight of government policies throughout this period.

9. The petty politics over vaccines – in which the government was looking to score on the PR front rather than actually creating capacity for inoculating the population.

10. The failure to maintain proper data on deaths.

11. The irrational flouting of social distancing guidelines by encouraging large religious congregations like the kumbh and getting the Election Commission to stretch the West Bengal election over eight phases.

The list can go on and on........