Centre Should Issue Mandatory Covid Protocols, All Must Follow: AAP On 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'
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Addressing a press conference, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national spokesperson Raghav Chadha said the Centre should issue mandatory protocols.
The Centre should issue "mandatory" protocols to prevent spread of COVID-19 and everyone, be it a political party or someone taking out a march, must follow them, the Aam Aadmi Party said on Saturday in a veiled reference to Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by Rahul Gandhi.
Addressing a press conference, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) national spokesperson Raghav Chadha said the Centre should issue mandatory protocols to avoid the situation that the country witnessed during the first and second wave of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
The country witnessed a major crisis during the last two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Centre's failure in understanding the "seriousness" of the initial scientific indications about the spread of the virus, he charged.
"So far as I know, the Centre has not yet issued any mandatory protocols. If such protocols are issued, everyone must show respect to them and follow, be it a political party or someone taking out any yatra," Mr Chadha told reporters when asked for his party's stand on the row over Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's "follow COVID-19 guidelines" letter to Rahul Gandhi.
