Gujarat government under-reporting Covid deaths, must release white paper: Congress

Citing regional media reports, Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Shaktisinh Gohil alleged on Saturday that the Gujarat government has been under-reporting Covid deaths.

The Congress on Saturday alleged under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths in some states especially in Gujarat and demanded an explanation from both the central and the state governments. LIVE: Special Congress Party Briefing by Shri @PChidambaram_IN and Shri @shaktisinhgohil https://t.co/cQpoRvCAwe — Congress (@INCIndia) May 15, 2021 Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Shaktisinh Gohil in a joint press conference alleged that the deaths in Gujarat this year have doubled than in 2020 and claimed that the substantial increase cannot be explained as a natural annual one and can only be attributed to a pandemic.