: Covid-19: Activists write to Opposition parties to ‘rise up to occasion’ amid Centre’s failure #IndiaNEWS A group of activists, academics, authors and journalists on Thursday wrote an open letter

Covid-19: Activists write to Opposition parties to ‘rise up to occasion’ amid Centre’s failure #IndiaNEWS
A group of activists, academics, authors and journalists on Thursday wrote an open letter to Opposition parties, urging them to work together and step up “constructive action??? to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and hold the central government accountable for its handling of the crisis.“India is thirsty for a compassionate, consensual and cooperative leadership that truly works towards furthering peoples’ needs and aspirations,??? the appeal to Opposition parties said. “We hope you will rise up to the occasion, for history will judge all of us for what we do next.???The letter signed by 187 individuals said it endorses the joint letter written by 12 Opposition leaders to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month putting forward nine demands, which they said should be undertaken “on a war-footing??? by the government.“Despite the offer to cooperate and work with the Union government, it is shocking that the GoI [government of India] has neither welcomed the suggestions, nor created a truly national task force comprising of all parties, state governments, experts and civil society to tackle the unprecedented situation India is facing,??? the letter released on Thursday stated.Criticising the Centre’s handling of the pandemic, the signatories to the letter said that the government “seems to have reneged on its moral...Read more

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