From S Sen: 19th April 2021
Apart from its relentless push towards a "Hindu Rashtra" - with all its
concomitant effects, the regime is also too obsessed with minting money.
The Rafale "deal" and the PMCARES fund are just too major and
all-too-blatant illustrations.
(One excellent analysis of how the watchdog institutions are now reduced to
playing second fiddle to the regime in pursuance of its twin objectives, in
terms of a case study of the Rafale "deal": <
https://m.thewire.in/article/government/the-rafalisation-of-india>.)
The vaccine approval business is yet another - though not all that stark.
But, the end result is loss of too many human lives.
Reports of monumental undercounting of deaths are pouring in from Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
(Ref.: <https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=481472826454126>, <
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=443543233608642&id=100038589066792>,
<
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/wait-for-final-rites-get-longer-as-crematoriums-across-gujarat-overburdened-7272440/lite/>
and <https://youtu.be/UkM4vqjbCts>.)
The Leaders of the regime have the scantiest regard for human lives.
News has just come in that, at least, four journalists covering the West
Bengal poll who, in the process, had recently come in contact with Amit
Shah have reported covid +ve (ref.: <
https://drishtibhongi.in/2021/04/19/4-journalists-covid-19-positive-after-interview-with-amit-shah/
Two candidates have died.
Yet, the BJP opposed the compression of the poll schedule as demanded by
the TMC and the EC has duly obliged.
(Ref.: <
https://m.timesofindia.com/india/ec-not-to-club-remaining-bengal-phases-tmcs-request-declined/amp_articleshow/82105469.cms
.)
