In a tweet today, Swamy said “India will survive Coronavirus Pandemic as it did Islamic invaders and British Imperialists. We could face one more wave that targets children unless strict precautions now are taken. Modi should therefore delegate the conduct of this war to Gadkari. Relying on PMO is useless”
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday warned of another COVID wave that could target especially young children and urged the Modi government to delegate “the conduct of this war” to Senior BJP Leader and Union Cabinet Minister, Nitin Gadkari. He further said that relying on the PMO is “useless”
In a tweet today, Swamy said “India will survive Coronavirus Pandemic as it did Islamic invaders and British Imperialists. We could face one more wave that targets children unless strict precautions now are taken. Modi should therefore delegate the conduct of this war to Gadkari. Relying on PMO is useless”
India will survive Coronavirus Pandemic as it did Islamic invaders and British Imperialists. We could face one more wave that targets children unless strict precautions now are taken. Modi should therefore delegate the conduct of this war to Gadkari. Relying on PMO is useless
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) May 5, 2021
Netizens were divided on this view and #Gadkari trended on Twitter for a large part of the day. When asked by one of the users as to why he’s suggesting Gadkari’s name, Mr. Swamy replied that Gadkari had proved his ability in the infrastructural framework aspect needed in COVID-19.
Because dealing with COVID 19 needs an infrastructure framework in which aspect Gadkari has proved his ability
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) May 5, 2021
In another tweet on Wednesday evening, he insisted that a serious Covid crisis management team is required to monitor and strategize our response instead of “PMO psychos”
I had already warned two days ago that the third Coronavirus wave will target young children. We need a serious Crisis Management Team now instead of PMO psychos to monitor and strategize the response. Today the NITI Aayog Member confirms the danger of the third wave
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) May 5, 2021
Meanwhile, as India continues to struggle with the second wave K Vijay Raghavan, the principal scientific advisor to the Centre, said during a press briefing today that the third wave of COVID-19 was inevitable in the country, although the time frame of the same isn’t clear.
India reported 3,82,315 cases and 3780 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry’s data
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