JAIPUR: Chief minster
Ashok Gehlot on Friday night in an address to the people assured that the
government is taking all measures to stem the Covid spurt and asked the people to adopt all preacutions as prevention is the best cure for Covid. He said even after Covid is cured, there were serious post-Covid complications. So it is all the more important to avoid Covid infection.
He said the Covid situation in the country is also very grave as there is shortage of critical medicine and life saving oxygen and the Centre has now decided to import oxygen. The states are also facing shortage of vaccine.
He said the second wave of Covid is taking a huge toll on life especially on children and youngsters. The mortality rate has also increased manifold. He said the government after consultation with all stakeholders have decided to take some stringent measures like weekend curfew and night curfew to the good of the people and appealed to them to co operate with the administration.
He said the government is aware of the economic hardship to the people and is trying to balance both life and livelihood.
Meanwhile, Gehlot blamed
politicians, judiciary and
Election Commission for the current Covid surge.
Despite opposition from the states, the
Supreme Court and high courts issued orders for holding panchayat and local bodies elections. ECI continued announcing elections simply to discharge its duty, he said in a series of tweets on Friday.
Gehlot said
Sonia Gandhi has rightly said that we politicians are also to be blamed to some extent for the spread of Corona infection. He said the new Corona variant has created a frightening situation in the country.
Politicians continued aggressive campaigning and the crowd kept on gathering despite the Covid threat, said the chief minister who had announced night curfew and week end curfew to deal with the current ‘terrifying’ situation of Covid.
He asked the Prime Minister to hold discussions with the states in detail as he did earlier to address the issues involved in the fight back against the virus. The state is adopting stringent measures like lockdown and curfew to deal with the situation, said Gehlot.
He added on the one hand we ask people to follow Covid protocol and on the other hand lakhs of people continued to gather in election rallies and roadshows. It has been going on since Bihar elections. He opined that the election campaign could have been held virtually.