“If Fight Over, Let’s Do Some Work”: Arvind Kejriwal On Delhi Oxygen Report

Kejriwal called on the government to “come together to ensure nobody will lack oxygen in the third wave”, and threw in a sarcastic swipe for good measure.

A day after the centre and the Delhi government clashed over claims that the national capital had “exaggerated” medical oxygen needed during the peak of the second Covid wave, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal offered the centre an olive branch on Saturday afternoon.

Mr Kejriwal, whose government fought an extended battle with the centre over oxygen supply to hospitals during the second wave, called on the government to “come together to ensure nobody will lack oxygen in the third wave”, and threw in a sarcastic swipe for good measure.

“If your fight over oxygen is over… let’s do some work? Let’s come together to make a system that ensures nobody will lack oxygen in the third wave. In the second, people suffered a severe shortage of oxygen… this should not happen in the third wave,” Arvind Kejriwal said.

“If we fight amongst ourselves coronavirus will win. If we fight together, India will win,” he said.

ऑक्सिजन पर आपका झगड़ा खतम हो गया हो तो थोड़ा काम कर लें?

आइए मिलकर ऐसी व्यवस्था बनाते हैं कि तीसरी वेव में किसी को ऑक्सिजन की कमी ना हो। दूसरी लहर में लोगों को ऑक्सिजन की भीषण कमी हुई।अब तीसरी लहर में ऐसा ना हो।

आपस में लड़ेंगे तो करोना जीत जाएगा। मिलकर लड़ेंगे तो देश जीतेगा

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 26, 2021

A massive political row erupted on Friday over contents of what central government sources said was the interim report of a Supreme Court-appointed audit team.

The BJP, based on the report, had claimed that Delhi government had used an incorrect formula to calculate its medical oxygen needs and made exaggerated claims in court on April 30.