- Calls for Rs 4 lakh compensation for all who lost loved ones
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MAY 6
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government over a WHO report that claimed that there were 4.7 million COVID deaths in India, saying “science does not lie. [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi does”.
47 lakh Indians died due to the Covid pandemic. NOT 4.8 lakh as claimed by the Govt.
Science doesn't LIE. Modi does.
Respect families who've lost loved ones. Support them with the mandated ₹4 lakh compensation. pic.twitter.com/p9y1VdVFsA
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 6, 2022
Gandhi also demanded that the government should support the families that have lost loved ones by giving them the mandated Rs 4 lakh compensation.
In a tweet, he said, “47 lakh Indians died due to the Covid pandemic. NOT 4.8 lakh as claimed by the Govt. Science doesn’t LIE. Modi does.”
“Respect families who’ve lost loved ones. Support them with the mandated 4 lakh compensation,” the former Congress chief said.
The WHO on Thursday stated that 14.9 million (one million=10 lakh) people were killed either by COVID-19 directly or due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society.
According to the report, there were 4.7 million COVID deaths in India, which is 10 times the official figures and almost a third of COVID deaths globally.
India strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the WHO for projecting excess mortality estimates linked to the coronavirus pandemic in view of the availability of authentic data, saying validity and robustness of the models used and methodology of data collection are questionable.
