Summary:
New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched the party"s online campaign demanding compensation for the families of those who died of Covid and accused the government of sleeping while people coped with pain and loss.
"When it comes to people"s pain and loss, Government of India is sleeping.
Let"s wake them up," Gandhi said on Twitter while launching the "#SpeakUpforCovidNyay" campaign.
On its official Twitter handle, the Congress party said the aim of the campaign was to demand that the central government disclose the actual number of Covid deaths in the country, and "properly compensate all families of the victims with Rs 4 lakh".
The Modi government has very tactfully tried to cover up its failures in managing the COVID-19 pandemic by distorting the number of Covid deaths, the party alleged.
"#SpeakUpForCovidNyay so the govt is forced to disclose the correct number of Covid deaths," it said.