Congress demands inquiry into allegations of Covid-19 data fudging by ICMR

The Congress on Thursday demanded that an inquiry should be conducted into the data fudging by ICMR as party alleged the medical body manipulated data to keep the political masters happy which led to the loss of human livesAddressing a press conference in New Delhi Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken alleged that senior scientists who worked with the ICMR and other organisations are now coming forward to point out serious irregularities in Covid management They have pointed out political interference and fudging of data by ICMR Political interference resulted in preventable deaths of more than 50 lakh people in India he saidThe Congress demands a criminal investigation against the Prime Minister the then Health Minister and also against Management of ICMR The inquiry should be conducted by sitting judge Maken saidHe said that the party will raise the issue in and outside parliament Now as the time goes by more and more scientists who worked with the Indian Council of Medical Research are coming forward with startling facts of political interference and arrogance which was not only against science and democracy but also caused millions of preventable deaths These scientists to name a few include Dr Anup Aggarwal Dr Naman Shah Dr Somdatta Sinha Dr Shahid Jameel and some others are gradually opening up in social media and foreign publicationsAlso Read New York Times article on Indias Covid19 response provocative attentionseeking Health MinistryMaken alleged In June 2020 a study commissioned by the ICMR concluded that Modis lockdown had slowed but would not stop the viruss spread Within days the authors withdrew it And ICMR tweeted the withdrawal Some of the scientists now say that they were forced to withdraw the report In July 2020 DG ICMR Dr Balram Bhargav forced ICMR scientists to withhold data based on serological studies which suggested that virus was spreading to 10 cities This deliberate blunder led to loss of lakhs of livesHe said the second Covid19 wave hit India severally in April 2021 The Modi Government was caught unprepared people of India were left to fend for themselves Black Marketing of drugs like Hydroxychloroquine Ivermectin Fabiflu Dexona Tocilizumab Remdesivir Paracetamol was galore A single injection of Remdesivir was selling between Rs 50000 and Rs 1 lakh Tocilizumab injection for up to Rs 10 lakh in black marketPeople gasped for breath and died as there was no oxygen People died as there were no ventilators People died as there were no hospital beds Lakhs of bodies floated in the Ganga and other rivers The Modi Government abandoned India as close to 50 lakh people died he further saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever