"Ready To Face It...": Gautam Gambhir After Covid Drugs Row Reaches Court

Coronavirus: In late April, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir had offered anti-viral drugs for free at his constituency in Delhi

BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has said his non-profit "will keep working for the people" a day after the Delhi government's drug regulator told the high court that his organisation kept massive stocks and distributed large quantities of the anti-viral medicine Fabiflu for COVID-19 patients, at a time when people could not find them easily anywhere. The national capital's Drugs Control Department had told the Delhi High Court that action would be taken against Mr Gambhir's non-profit, dealers and anyone who had taken hold of large quantities of medicines meant for Covid patients amid shortage. "The matter (distribution of Fabiflu) is in the court. Whatever the court decides, I am ready to face it. All I can say is Gautam Gambhir Foundation will keep working for the people," the BJP MP told news agency ANI today. In late April, at the height of the deadly second wave of the pandemic, Mr Gambhir had offered the anti-viral drug for free at his constituency in Delhi. The Congress and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, had criticised the BJP MP's move to stock up Fabiflu amid a short supply in the city.