Citing the Supreme Court’s sharp comments on the Delhi government’s handling of COVID-19 cases, the BJP on Friday said the national capital’s “truth” is out and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been a “failure”.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court termed as “horrific” the state of affairs in Delhi hospitals, with dead bodies being stacked next to COVID-19 patients. It sought responses from the Centre and different states as it took suo moto (on its own) cognisance of the treatment being meted out to patients and the handling of bodies.
However, amid harrowing accounts of people struggling to get a hospital bed in the capital, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia this week said that Delhi’s infections of coronavirus will climb to 5.5 lakh by the end of July and it does not have the hospital capacity to handle such an outbreak.
“The Supreme Court has reacted strongly to Arvind Kejriwal’s failure. Delhi’s truth is out in front of us. Kejriwal is a failure,” he said in a tweet.
Speaking to reporters later, Patra said the central government fully stands with the people of Delhi and will lend any support sought by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
