Form panel to fix accountability for the deaths due to COVID-19: Congress
The Hindu
Party congratulates health workers for milestone of administering 100 crore vaccine doses
The Congress on Thursday congratulated health sector workers for helping India but posed a series question to the Narendra Modi Government and demanded an “impartial commission” to fix accountability of political leaders and officials whose “criminal negligence” has led to the deadly second wave of the pandemic.
At a press conference, chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said though the Government’s own figure has put COVID-19 deaths at 4.53 lakh, most independent surveys and assessments put the figure between 40 and 65 lakh deaths.
The Congress also asked for a fresh survey to ensure a wider coverage of compensation to all those who had lost their members during the pandemic.