Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe on the Centre, saying the Modi authorities is preventing for a blue tick and folks have to change into self-reliant for getting Covid vaccines.
His remarks got here a day after outrage over the elimination of ‘blue tick’ badge from the non-public accounts of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and RSS high functionaries together with Mohan Bhagwat, by Twitter, solely to revive it later.
Twitter stated as per guidelines, the blue badge and verified standing might be mechanically faraway from an account whether it is incomplete or inactive for six months.
“The Modi authorities is preventing for the blue tick. If you would like a Covid vaccine, then be self-reliant,” he stated in a tweet in Hindi, utilizing the hashtag “#Priorities”.
In one other tweet, he talked about stopping language discrimination after a Delhi authorities hospital requested nurses to not converse in Malayalam. The hospital order has been revoked.
“Malayalam is as Indian as another Indian language. Cease language discrimination,” he stated.
Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally shared the priority and posted the order of the Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Submit Graduate Medical Schooling and Analysis warning the nursing personnel to make use of solely Hindi and English for communication, else severe motion can be taken.
“This order is a violation of the essential values of our nation. It’s racist, discriminatory and totally unsuitable,” she stated in a tweet in Malayali, saying Malayali nurses are risking their lives in Covid instances to avoid wasting folks.
“This order can also be an insult. We owe them a debt of gratitude and respect. It ought to be withdrawn as quickly as attainable and an apology ought to be printed,” she demanded.
In one other tweet, Vadra alleged that the Modi authorities lowered oxygen beds by 36 p.c, ICU beds by 46 p.c, ventilator beds by 28 p.c between September 2020 and January 2021.
“Is the well being of Indian residents much less necessary than the Central Vista undertaking,” she requested, alleging that the federal government has declared the undertaking as a necessary service with folks working day and evening to finish it by 2023.
“When each skilled within the nation, the Parliamentary Committee on Well being and their very own Sero-surveys warned them that further beds could be wanted for an inevitable second wave,” she stated as a part of her “ZimmedarKaun” (Who’s accountable) marketing campaign.