Centre committed ‘crime’ by allowing export of oxygen, Remdesivir, Covid testing kits: Congress

Accusing the Centre of committing a 'crime' by allowing the export of medical oxygen, Covid-19 testing kits and Remdesivir, the Congress party said on Wednesday that India still has no strategy to deal with the pandemic.

The central government allowed the export of oxygen, Remdesivir injections and testing kits while ignoring domestic preparedness to fight Covid-19, said the Congress party. India is witnessing an unprecedented spike in new confirmed cases of infection across the country. India still has no Covid strategy.Exporting oxygen & vaccines when our own people are dying is nothing short of a crime. LIVE: Congress Party reaction to PM’s address to the nation by Shri @ajaymaken, General Secretary, AICC via Video Conferencing https://t.co/gkTkyWckgI Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken said PM Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Tuesday was ‘empty rhetoric’ and fell short of the expectations of the common people. Congress MP and former party president Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet that India "still has no Covid strategy".