NCP calls for ''one nation, one policy'' to tackle Covid-19

The ruling NCP and Congress in Maharashtra on Monday hit out at the Centre over its handling of the Covid19 situation in the country and called for one nation one policy to fight the pandemicState Minority Affairs Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik also demanded that the Narendra Modi government convene an allparty meeting to chalk out the policyThe coronavirus cannot be eradicated only through advertisements at a time when there is a need to work out one nation one policy considering the current Covid19 situation in the country a statement said quoting MalikHe claimed the situation in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar was such that the last rites of Covid19 victims were being performed in rivers instead of crematoriumsThe Covid19 pandemic cannot be tackled until there is one policy for the country The Modi government should call an allparty meeting to decide the policy he saidThere is no doubt in anyones mind that the Centre is not able to handle the Covid19 situation he claimedMalik also referred to the constitution of a 12member National Task Force of top medical experts by the Supreme Court to formulate a methodology for oxygen allocation to states and Union Territories and to facilitate a public health response to the pandemicThe Centre is not carrying out works which it is supposed to So these are being carried out by court orders This means the central government is falling short of discharging its duty the NCP leader allegedMaharashtra Revenue Minister and senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat targeted the Centre over its vaccination programme saying it has unfortunately been proved that the Modi government does not have any proper policy and planning to inoculate peopleThe Centre earlier talked about successfully tackling the first wave of Covid19but the way elections were held the way Kumbh Mela was organisedthe entire country is suffering consequences of the same Thorat told reporters hereThe central government its leadership Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji are completely responsible for it he claimedThe SC had to intervene and form the task force Thorat noted and asked what exactly was the Centre doingIt is being seen that it the Centre is not serious about anything he claimedThorat also claimed that adequate number of vaccine doses were not being made available to states to inoculate people in the age group of 18 to 44 yearsHe charged the Centre with not giving permission to foreign players willing to provide vaccines to IndiaThorat also demanded that the Centre allow states to develop their own apps for people to register for vaccinationThe Shiv Sena which shares power in Maharashtra with the NCP and Congress also hit out at the Centre saying the SC took the step of forming the task force considering the Covid19 situation but those ruling the country are engaged in politicsThey were busy in appointing chief minister of Assam after the recently held Assembly polls and in conspiring to not let the Trinamool Congressled government in West Bengal do its work an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana alleged without naming the BJP or its leadersAt such a time what should the people who are about to die do Who is their saviour it askedThe Supreme Courts heart melted and it formed the national task force of 12 experts the editorial notedThis committee should now pump life into the collapsed health care system it 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