India has reported 425 coronavirus cases and 7 deaths, according to the latest figures by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. These figures are likely to rise keeping in mind India’s 133 crore population, poverty and the current poor affair of public health service and infrastructure, and the lowest testing rates in the world. Indians are preparing themselves for a tsunami situation if the virus spreads on a mass scale.
So when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Thursday, 19th March, us, the worried and stressed people of the country were in search of measures to tackle the crisis. We were expecting announcements on the central government’s plan on countering the virus and preventing it’s spread, the stimulus economic packages for wage workers, small business, MNREGA, on the availability of sufficient number of medical apparatus and more. But, what did we get?
Expecting much more, for the time being, we took what they got. With no further questions, we obeyed the rules that were told to us and cheered our hearts out at 5pm. We appreciated your tiny step to prevent the virus. But then, the day was over. The fear was still there. We didn’t have any answers to all the questions eating us inside, the same ones that prevented us from falling asleep at night: “What is the government doing?,” “Do we have enough ventilators, isolation centres or even hospital beds for that matter?,” “Will we get enough food to eat?,” “How will I pay my small business workers or the rent to my house without working?”
No more PM ji. Now it’s time for action. We demand answers from you. We need to know what to expect in the future and what the government that the people of India elected is doing for us. So, here are some questions that we implore you to answer the next time you decide to address the nation –
Hear the voice of the people and answer their questions. We are waiting.
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