TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Covid crisis is not a political but a humanitarian issue and asserted that the government has ensured no one goes hungry during the pandemic. Such a pandemic has been witnessed by the world after a very very long time, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi quoted the prime minister as telling MPs at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s parliamentary party meeting.
The prime minister also said that it was ensured not a single poor person ‘sleeps’ hungry, Joshi told reporters. Modi stressed that despite the pandemic, a huge population got ration, and told BJP MPs that providing relief to the people was their responsibility and not a favour, according to Joshi. He said the prime minister asserted that the pandemic is a humanitarian issue and not a political one.
The prime minister expressed concern about the attitude of the opposition, especially the Congress, and said it still believes, it has the right to be in power, Joshi quoted Modi has saying at the meeting. He also told BJP MPs that the government was willing to hold discussions in both Houses of Parliament, but the Opposition was showing a most irresponsible behaviour, Joshi said. Sources said that in the meeting, Modi asked BJP MPs to be effectively counter the allegations of the opposition about the government’s Covid response and the availability of vaccines.
