[Marxistindia] CPI(M) GS Writes to PM on Supply of Oxygen & Free Vaccines

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 24, 2021

Press Release

We are releasing herewith the letter addressed to the Prime Minister  
by CPI(M) General Secretary on the urgent need to ensure uninterrupted  
supply of medical oxygen to all hospitals and patients across the  
country and provision of vaccines free and universally.

The letter was sent by email to the PMs office this evening.

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

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April 24, 2021

Dear Pradhan Mantriji,

I am writing to you in great pain, distress and anguish. This  
unprecedented health and humanitarian crisis created by the second  
wave of Covid-19, is turning into a tsunami. The situation has been  
aggravated by the approach and attitude of the Union Government. This  
is not the time to go into those details as we mourn the deaths of  
thousands of our beloved fellow Indians which were very much  
preventable.

I am writing to you on an URGENT basis to ensure two things on utmost  
priority: ensure uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen to all  
hospitals and patients across the country by procuring it at any cost;  
and provide vaccines to all the state governments for a free and  
universal vaccination programme, bringing production of Indian  
vaccines under emergency provisions and importing from all available  
sources to prevent more deaths.

I understand that there may be financial considerations in taking  
these decisions. Immediately, spend the budgetary allocation of Rs.  
35,000 crores for the vaccination programme. I, implore you to  
FORTHWITH cancel the project for the construction of the new Central  
Vista in Delhi, put on hold all extravagant expenditures and  
transparently release all the money collected under PM-CARES fund and  
transfer the same for the supply of oxygen and vaccines.

In case you are unable to provide oxygen and vaccines to our fellow  
Indians and prevent further deaths, your government will lose its  
moral authority to continue. This health and humanitarian disaster is  
preventable and must be averted. This is the basic responsibility your  
government has to discharge, which it has failed to do so far.


Yours sincerely

(Sitaram Yechury)
General Secretary
Communist Party of India (Marxist)



Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister
Government of India