My observations on today's Delhi HC hearing on oxygen scarcity in Delhi: 1. The scarcity is due to mismanagement & lack of co-ordination between Delhi govt, Center & oxygen supply chain stakeholders. 2. It's an abject failure of governance on the part of @ArvindKejriwal admin
3. Some re-fillers like Seth & Vinayak have been excluded from the supply chain & they seem to indulging in black-marketing.High Court has sought an Affidavit. 4. Kejriwal Administration has been found wanting on - a plan, a process, control-room, Empowered Officers etc
5. Kejriwal Admin has taken lessons from Yogi Admin in passing absurd orders. This time - threatening the hospitals. The HC took strong objection to it. 6. The HC is deeply pained by deaths due to lack of oxygen & directed Delhi Govt to give it a list so as to order compensation
7. Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal appeared on TV & gave out a message. What stood out was - he thanked the Central Govt repeatedly.
Conclusion : Delhi, you have been failed by your chosen political leadership.
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#Context
Everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible for the #COVID19 vaccine from May 1 - Govt
Media: 1. Big decision of Modi Govt. Vaccines for all.
IT Cell:
Hail Modi.
Opposition:
Thank u Harshwardhan / Modi etc.
Congress:
Look. RaGa & Dr. MMS said this. Govt agreed.Yaay.
1. Neither @RahulGandhi nor Dr. MMS suggested that people should be made to pay for the vaccines. 2. Now, the Govt has abdicated the responsibility to vaccinate those below 45. 3. We on Twitter can afford it. And, have access to it. 50% Indians wouldn't hv access or afford
4. The prices are yet to be fixed. Irrespective, we know that Rs.850/- Remdesivir injections are being sold @ Rs. 10000 - 12000/- . And the most vulnerable and marginalized are being forced to buy. [Refer to @sohitmishra99 's stories from Nashik etc] 5. We don't have the numbers:
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
What we know so far : #COVID19 1. The fresh infections are mind-boggling. Govts hv a propensity to under report data - cause from day 1 - Modi controlled Godi media has used the metric to bad-mouth the State govts, especially, non-BJP govts that weren't fudging the numbers
So the actual numbers may be close to 5-6 lacs fresh infections per day. 2. It's showing. At hospitals, at crematoriums, at our homes. And, our friend's & neighbor's homes. 3. There hasn't been any significant addition to the health infrastructure. Not of the permanent nature.
4. Temporary #Covid_19 facilities were erected, but the motive was - corruption, favoritism etc. Across the States. There's no BJP/Congress difference in that space. Whoever is in power, has minted the pandemic. 5. GoI's virus surveillance and tracking mechanism has failed.
Next day: I traveled to Pune for case. Finished it in first half. Was back home by 5.30 PM. A meeting was scheduled at office at 7 PM
The Boss: you look tired. Touched my forehead & said - u also hv fever.
Boss made me cancel the meeting. Gave a paracetamol tab. I was fine.
We were to travel to Malegaon on Saturday morning for Holi vacation.
Boss said: Let's postpone it by a day. You take rest for the full day on Saturday.
I managed to convince her to let me go to office in the 2nd half.
Let's see if deconstruct RSS gameplan & the Hologram.
Modi is a creation of RSS who managed to find moneybags. Moneybags who owe their wealth to Modi's unlawful assistance to them.
Now, RSS feeds on Modi. He has become everything that RSS stands against at individual level.
Yet, he's everything that RSS stands at collective level.
Putting both in perspective :
I belong to a family that's UC, yet, miles away from the so called UC privileges.
A Brahmin family where the most brilliant boy couldn't afford a college education - Why??
Cause his father, despite being a Chairman of Municipal council & a long time friend of the first CM of a State in independent India, was basically, a Gandhian freedom fighter. For him : non-negotiable principal was - not to take a single rupee from political power.