New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over the Center’s inability to pay compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic and alleged that This is cruelty of the government.
He tweeted, “It is impossible to put the cost of life – government compensation is just a small aid but the Modi government is not ready to do even this.” The Congress leader alleged, “Lack of first treatment in the Covid epidemic, Then false figures and above all this cruelty of the government…..
Significantly, the Center has told the Supreme Court that a compensation of Rs 4 lakh cannot be given to the families of those who lost their lives due to Covid-19 as it is not possible to bear the financial burden and the economic condition of the central and state governments is not good.
