"Bodies In Rivers... You See Only Central Vista": Rahul Gandhi Slams PM

The redevelopment of the Central Vista, the nation's power corridor, envisages a new Parliament building, a common central secretariat, revamping of the 3-km Rajpath from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, new Prime Minister's residence and office, and a new Vice President Enclave.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, with his tweet-a-day attack on the centre, today spotlighted dead bodies found floating in rivers, the serpentine queues exhausting patients' reserve and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pressing ahead with the Central Vista Avenue redevelopment project right in the middle of a raging pandemic. The redevelopment of the Central Vista, the nation's power corridor, envisages a new Parliament building, a common central secretariat, revamping of the 3-km Rajpath from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, new Prime Minister's residence and office, and a new Vice President Enclave. "Countless dead bodies flowing in rivers; lines in hospitals up to miles; the right to life security is taken away! PM, take off those pink goggles that lets you see nothing except for Central Vista," Mr Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. Yesterday, dozens of bloating, decomposed bodies washed up on the banks of Ganga at Bihar's Buxar in terrifying visuals that spooked the villagers. The authorities believe the bodies floated down from Uttar Pradesh and belong to Covid patients whose relatives may have been unable to find space to cremate or bury them.