Chandigarh, May 12

The SAD today requested Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to call an all-party meeting to discuss the precarious situation in the state amid a spiralling death count due to Covid-19.

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said the Congress government should try to take everyone along in the fight against Covid-19 and that an all-party meeting was necessary to ensure all parties worked in synergy with each other and assist the government in its efforts.

Sukhbir said it was unfortunate that private hospitals were charging lakhs of rupees from patients and the government was not doing anything to regulate these charges.

He said the government should lower the charges, besides taking strict action against black marketers to ensure lifesaving drugs were available at their market price to patients. He said the state government should also even open international tenders for purchase of Covid vaccines. — TNS