Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with the Chief Ministers of 10 states worst hit by the second wave of the deadly coronavirus. The Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal’s discussion with PM Modi became controversial when he started talking about Delhi’s crippling oxygen crisis in the televised meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kejriwal asked for PM’s guidance and said Delhi hospitals are suffering from an oxygen crisis and this may lead to a big tragedy. Oxygen cylinders were being stopped from entering the city, he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People are in major pain due to oxygen shortage. The Delhi government fears a big tragedy may happen due to oxygen shortage, Kejriwal said. He requested PM Modi with folded hands to direct all Chief Ministers to ensure smooth movement of oxygen tankers coming to Delhi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will people of Delhi not get oxygen if there is no oxygen-producing plant there? Kejriwal questioned the Centre that whom should he speak to in the central government when an oxygen tanker meant for Delhi is stopped in another state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kejriwal urged PM Modi to facilitate the airlift of oxygen from West Bengal and Odisha to resolve the shortage in Delhi. The Chief Minister called for a national policy to tackle the crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Centre later accused Kejriwal of using the platform to play politics and spread lies on vaccine price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kejriwal raised the point of airlifting oxygen but did not know it is already being done, sources said. They also said had done more to provide beds and oxygen than the Delhi government. He chose to spread lies on vaccine prices despite knowing that centre does not keep even one vaccine dose and shares with states only, the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting was held on a day when India reported 3.32 lakh fresh cases of Covid-19 and 2,263 deaths in 24 hours, touching a new record high since the pandemic broke out in India in January 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n