Sunday, 20 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Party would start a state-wide agitation on the scam from June 25- Pritam Singh
Accusing the BJP government for patronising the Covid 19 testing scam during Kumbh, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Pritam Singh has said that a case of murder should be registered on the state government for deaths due to Covid in the state. He also demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge of Uttarakhand High Court (HC) on the scam.
Addressing the media persons at the headquarters of state Congress here on Saturday, the PCC president said that the party would start a state-wide agitation on the scam from June 25 if the judicial probe is not ordered. He said the Covid 19 test scam is not only an economic offence but also is directly responsible for death of people in the state due to Covid 19. Singh said that the incumbent chief minister and his predecessor have accepted that the scam has occurred and are now pointing towards each other for being responsible for it. He said that the BJP which is a self proclaimed contract holder for Hinduism has committed the sin of patronising a mega scam during Kumbh in Haridwar.
Terming the scam as nothing less than sedition, the PCC president said that the Congress party would start a protest on the issue from June 25 by holding a protest on the bank of Ganga in Haridwar. The PCC president questioned as to why the NOC and subsequently the contract was given to a company which was not approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). He also raised questions on the award of Covid -19 testing work to two labs on the basis of one MoU.
The PCC president said that during Kumbh where an estimated 50 lakh pilgrims arrived, the positivity rate was 80 percent less than other districts which itself puts the whole system of sample testing on dock. He said that the state government, health department and Mela administration are responsible for the criminal neglect of Covid-19 test process. Singh added that Lakhs of people from different states who arrived in Kumbh have gone back and now the whole episode is being referred to as a Super spreader of Covid-19.
The vice president of Uttarakhand Congress Surya Kant Dhasmana, former MLA Jot Singh Gunsola, Vikram Singh Negi, Mahesh Joshi and others accompanied the PCC president.
