Self-congratulation? Self-delusion? Or plain ignorance? IMAGE: Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee speaks to party workers, Kolkata, April 30, 2021. This became possible because under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the relentless efforts of the scientists working in the medical field succeeded in ensuring the availability of two India-manufactured vaccines.' 'The country is steadily advancing in the direction of complete triumph over Covid. The current generation wouldn't have seen a better example of India's prowess in overcoming these challenges.' 'despite the sudden need for healthcare equipment, PPE kits, testing kits, masks, oxygen cylinder, ventilator etc, a shortage of the same was never felt. 'A year later, as the BJP holds its national office-bearer meeting, it can be said with pride that India not only defeated Covid under the able, sensitive, committed and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, but also infused in all its citizens the confidence to build an ' Atmanirbhar Bharat'.' On February 18, the Uttarakhand government got in on the act, announcing the Haridwar Kumbh Mela, the sole concession to coronavirus being the curtailment of the gathering to 30 days and a slew of Covid-prevention measures.Īnd as if on cue the Bharatiya Janata Party passed a resolution on February 21, 2021, hailing Modi's leadership for defeating coronavirus. In a country which is home to 18 percent of the world population, that country has saved humanity from a big disaster by containing corona effectively.' 'It would not be advisable to judge India's success with that of another country. 'We worked on strengthening the Covid specific health infrastructure, trained our human resources to tackle the pandemic and used technology massively for testing and tracking of the cases.' And today it is India which has also launched the world's largest corona vaccination programme.'
Today, we are not only taking care of our domestic needs, but also serving the citizens of other countries by exporting these items.
'In the initial period of Corona, we were importing masks, PPE kits and test kits. So here's what Modi told the World Economic Forum at Davos in January: Mistimed words, however, are another matter altogether. Spoken at the right time, in the right context and in right measure, they can make you a savant, a statesman. That's because words have a life of their own. Sorry, there is no Jawaharlal Nehru to blame for this crisis (but he must be praised for setting up the All India Institute of Medical Sciences which is a life-saver). Yes, the Modi government is solely responsible for the crisis we are seeing across the nation, because it is this government that sent out the wrong message to the country and the world earlier this year. Could the outcome have been different had coronavirus not wreaked havoc in large parts of the country, and exposing the Modi government's utter disregard for human life and its sheer incompetence in dealing with the biggest health tragedy seen in the country? Kerala has shown that it is aligned with neighbouring Tamil Nadu in keeping out the BJP.īut elections, really, are the side story here. The jewel in the crown, West Bengal, continues to remain in the thrall of Mamata Banerjee, warts and all, and the BJP will have to find someone better than Suvendu Adhikari to dethrone her five years hence.Īt the time of writing Assam stays with the BJP as expected, but Tamil Nadu has kissed the ruling AIADMK goodbye, possibly stung by the BJP's tie-up, although Puducherry hasn't let such associations come in the way of electing N Rangasamy. The five-state election results have sent a grim reminder to the Bharatiya Janata Party that there are large swathes in the country that remain immune to its vote-catcher-in-chief Narendra Modi's charms, rather like Gaul in Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's seminal creation, that are ruled by local supermen (and a woman).
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