AHMEDABAD: The BJP authorities in Gujarat on Wednesday strongly refuted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s declare that just about 3 lakh individuals have died because of coronavirus as far as in opposition to the official tally of round 10,000 and dubbed his comment as an try and misguide individuals and malign the state.
A Gujarat minister challenged Gandhi to take the same stand on states the place the Congress is in energy by itself or in coalition and declare that their official COVID-19 loss of life figures had been additionally fabricated.
Responding to Gandhi’s cost, Gujarat schooling minister and authorities’s spokesperson Jitu Vaghani mentioned there’s a distinction between individuals who succumbed to coronavirus and deaths occurring because of different illnesses in the course of the pandemic interval.
“Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that 3 lakh individuals have misplaced their lives because of coronavirus in Gujarat is baseless and unfounded. We condemn such makes an attempt to malign Gujarat. That is being completed by the Congress as a part of their agenda to incite individuals and create panic among the many lots via falsehood,” Vaghani informed reporters in Gandhinagar.
In accordance with Vaghani, the official loss of life toll of Gujarat is 10,088 (10,092 as on Nov 24), and never 3 lakh as claimed by the previous Congress president.
Compared, the minister mentioned in Maharashtra, the place the Congress is a part of the ruling coalition, the official coronavirus loss of life toll is 1,40,807.
In Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh – all dominated by the Congress – the official loss of life rely is 16,553, 8,954 and 13,552, respectively, he mentioned.
Within the AAP-ruled Delhi, the federal government’s official coronavirus fatality tally is 25,091, Vaghani mentioned.
“Rahul Gandhi ought to reply earlier than the media and declare that official figures of the Congress-ruled states had been additionally fabricated. I condemn Rahul Gandhi’s try and misguide individuals as he confirmed deaths because of different sicknesses in the course of the pandemic as deaths because of coronavirus,” mentioned Vaghani.
He mentioned the matter associated to compensation to households of COVID-19 victims remains to be pending earlier than the Supreme Courtroom.
Within the authorities’s defence, the minister additional mentioned the loss of life certificates for many who died in the course of the pandemic had been issued as per the rules formulated by the WHO and the Well being Division.
In the course of the day, Gandhi shared a video during which households, who misplaced their expensive ones because of COVID-19 in Gujarat, alleged that they didn’t obtain well timed assist from the federal government.
Within the 4.31-minute video, launched as a part of “Congress Nyay marketing campaign”, Gandhi mentioned the ‘Gujarat mannequin’ is way talked about however the households mentioned in the course of the pandemic they neither acquired a hospital mattress nor a ventilator.
Gandhi mentioned whereas the Gujarat authorities claims that solely 10,000-odd sufferers have died because of COVID-19, the reality is that “three lakh individuals have died” because of the an infection.
He claimed Congress employees have gone house-to-house to determine the determine put out by him.
“The official tally says 10,000 individuals died because of COVID-19, however the reality is three lakh (succumbed),” he claimed.
Gandhi mentioned the Congress desires the federal government to pay compensation of Rs 4 lakh every to the households of people that have died because of the an infection within the nation.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally on Wednesday rose to eight,27,296 with an addition of 29 new instances, whereas no contemporary loss of life because of the an infection was registered within the state, the well being division mentioned.
With 32 sufferers getting discharged from hospitals within the final 24 hours, the tally of recovered instances rose to eight,16,888, it mentioned.
No new COVID-19 fatality was reported in the course of the day, holding the variety of deaths within the state unchanged at 10,092, mentioned the division in a launch.
The variety of energetic instances within the state stands at 316, of which 4 sufferers are in crucial situation, the discharge mentioned.
As many as 4.52 lakh individuals had been vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 within the final 24 hours, elevating the rely of doses administered up to now in Gujarat to 7.84 crore, the division mentioned.
District-wise, Ahmedabad reported the best variety of 13 new instances with all of them coming from town.
Amongst different districts, Vadodara and Valsad reported three new instances every, Surat, Rajkot and Gandhinagar two every, Aravalli, Gir Somnath, Morbi and Navsari one every, it mentioned.
Within the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, the tally of COVID-19 instances and recoveries remained unchanged at 10,655 and 10,650, repetitively, with no new additions on Wednesday, officers mentioned.
The UT has one energetic case at current, whereas it has reported 4 coronavirus-related deaths up to now, they mentioned.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Constructive instances 8,27,296, new instances 29, loss of life toll 10,092, discharged 8,16,888, energetic instances 316, individuals examined up to now – figures not launched.
