Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the lack of resources in his constituency of Bareilly and the helplessness being expressed even within BJP circles in terms of dealing public distress. In this, he accused her and her party of being “duplicitous and petty” and “creating a false panic in the fight against COVID-19”. “Health is a State subject but the Central government should have been more alert to the second wave,” he said. The acceptance of foreign aid has hit the ‘aatmanirbhar’ plank of Prime Minister Modi badly too. With experts warning of a third wave as well, the lessons of the second wave, BJP leaders say, will be more lasting than that of the first.

Source: The Hindu May 11, 2021 12:32 UTC