"Had There Been Timely...": Sena Targets Supreme Court Over Covid Surge

The party's remarks come after the court's order asking the Centre for a national plan on oxygen supply and vaccination amid the pandemic.

The Shiv Sena on Saturday said the COVID-19 situation in the county wouldn't have worsened had the Supreme Court taken timely cognisance of election rallies in West Bengal and the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. The party's remarks come after the court's order asking the Centre for a national plan on oxygen supply and vaccination amid the pandemic. "It is good that the court has stepped in. However, had there been a timely intervention about election rallies and road shows of the Prime Minister, home minister and other leaders in West Bengal and the religious congregation in Haridwar, people wouldn't have been left to die in agony," the Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece ''Saamana''. Citing the death of 25 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Delhi due to oxygen shortage, the party asked who should be held responsible for the situation, if not the Centre.