Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati slammed the Central Government and Uttar Pradesh Government on July 20, for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, tweeting that the Coronavirus outbreak can be contained by ‘proper arrangements and not by ‘jugaad.

The way COVID-19 epidemic is assuming horrible shape? in Uttar Pradesh, (which has the countrys largest population of poor and backward people), is a matter of grave concern. The state and central government needs to be very conscious about this matter as well. It cannot be controlled by jugaad, but by proper arrangement (sic), the BSP chief tweeted in Hindi.

As of July 19, 2,250 new COVID-19 cases had been reported in the state in the span of 24 hours with total active cases rising to 18,256. A total of 19,845 people have been discharged after recovering from the virus with a death toll of 1,146.

Last week, Mayawati had also stressed upon the plight of migrants amid COVID-19 outbreak and had tweeted that they were reeling under poverty due to raging unemployment in UP.

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In most government made COVID care centres in Uttar Pradesh, adequate cleanliness and arrangements have not been made. It would be better for the government to pay attention that these COVID care centres do not become the centres of spreading the disease, she had said in another tweet.

migrant workers who returned to Uttar Pradesh and are suffering due to coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. They are in search of a job but due to unemployment, they are reeling under pathetic financial stress. This situation is very serious and a worrisome issue, BSP chief had tweeted.