Chandigarh, June 4

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Sunil Jakhar has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government is liable for criminal mismanagement of the Covid pandemic.

The Centre had totally left people on their own, Jakhar said, targetting the Centre for failing to do its responsibility in this gravest hour and failing to provide medicines, vaccines and other necessary supplies to citizens.

Jakhar said the Congress today submitted memorandum to the President through Governor’s office to give voice to the demand of each and every citizen of the country for urgent availability of vaccines to safeguard lives. The memorandum was submitted to the Governor’s office. Besides, district bodies of the party also submitted these memorandums to the respective Deputy Commissioners.

Jakhar said the Centre’s vaccine policy was the sum of unbearable errors of judgement on part of the Modi regime. The BJP government had forsaken its duty towards the nation, he said. Arbitrary pricing, failing to gauge the number of jabs needed, and then abjectly failing to place orders in advance were grave mistakes, he added. — TNS