Centre wants states to say there were no deaths due to oxygen shortage: Manish Sisodia
The Hindu
The Lieutenant Governor had earlier rejected a four- member expert committee formed by the Delhi government in June to look into the deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of COVID-19.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on August 20 said Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal has again rejected the Delhi government's proposal to to "investigate deaths due to oxygen shortage" in the national capital. “No one can deny that Delhi grappled with an in April and May during the second Covid wave and also no one can deny that people died in the capital due to shortage of oxygen,” he said during an online press conference. "We had resubmitted a file for the constitution of a panel to probe deaths due to oxygen shortage. The LG is saying that there is no need for that," Mr. Sisodia said. The Deputy Chief Minister alleged that on one hand, the States to inform many people died due to shortage of oxygen and on the other, "you have not been allowing us to investigate such deaths".More Related News
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