COVID: Raghav Chadha, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), submitted a Suspension of Notice on Thursday in accordance with Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Rajya Sabha to convene a debate on the increase in COVID-19 cases in China and its implications for India.
Radhav Chadha writes to Centre over COVID-19 scare
In his written notice, Raghav Chadha said, “I hereby give notice under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) of my intention to move the following motion for suspension of Question Hour listed for 22nd December 2022: “That in pursuance of Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Rajya Sabha, this House do suspend Rule 38 of the said Rule in its application to the discussion on RISING CORONA CASES IN CHINA AND IMPACT ON INDIA.”
“The Indian government ignored and downplayed the early signs of the pandemic in early and late 2020 and the devastating second wave. The delay in managing international air connectivity and taking effective early measures allowed the virus to spread unchecked across the country. Furthermore, complacency in tracking new mutants and ignorance of warning signs plunged our country into a second wave, pushing our healthcare system to the brink of total collapse and leaving more than lakhs of Indians dead,” he said further.
He also mentioned, “There are four cases of this new variant, which is affecting China have already been detected in India. The world is on high alert.”
“As a nation, we can neither afford complacency nor manage a lethal pathogen with just reassuring headlines,” he underlined.
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‘Stronger measured needed’
He added that we require more stringent actions than merely warnings to the states, stressing the necessity of immediately banning flights between China and India.
The Ministry of Health, Government of India, has issued a warning to the States due to the gravity of the situation. But we require more effective safeguards. An urgent embargo on all connecting flights between China and India via Asian nations is necessary, and international travellers from impacted nations should also be subjected to an institutional quarantine.
He underlined the importance of having a conversation about this “impending threat” and the government’s readiness to address it because controlling the pandemic falls under the purview of both the Union and State Governments.
Managing a pandemic is the responsibility of the entire world.
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