PM Modi objects to CM Kejriwal livestreaming the in-house meeting
While CM raised use of oxygen shortage in Delhi and pleaded to Centre for help; Govt. Sources say that Arvind did not come up with any solutions rather tried to evade responsibility.
Amid an unprecedented COVID-19 situation in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called an in-house meeting with chief ministers of various states, to take stock of the current situation and find suitable solutions to the high priority issues.
Mr Kejriwal, during his interjection at the meeting, while praying for the solace of departed souls succumbing to death because of Covid-19, live-streamed his remarks, which Mr. Modi objected to as it was happening, saying it went against the protocol of such closed-door meetings.
At this, Mr. Kejriwal said that he would not make such a mistake again.
Union home minister Amit Shah, Union railway minister Piyush Goyal, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, and officials of the Health Minister were present at the meeting along with the chief ministers of the various states.
Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal raised the issue of the huge shortage of oxygen in Delhi and asked, “Will people of Delhi not get oxygen if there is no oxygen-producing plant here? Please suggest whom should I speak to in Central Govt when an oxygen tanker destined for Delhi is stopped in another state?”.
Some high up officials from the government, further said that Kejriwal raised the point of airlifting oxygen but was unaware that it was already being done;
And spoke about Oxygen express by Railways, but Railway sources say that Arvind has not communicated anything about it to Railways.
Government sources added, “Kejriwal has used this live telecast of the meeting to politicise the whole situation for his ulterior motives.
For the first time, the private conversations of the Prime Minister's meeting with Chief Ministers were televised. His entire speech was not meant for any solution but for playing politics and evade responsibility.”
CM Kejriwal’s office, however, provided a statement explaining his version of events. “Today, the chief minister’s address was shared live because there has never been any instruction, written or verbal, from the central government that the said interaction could not be shared live. There have been multiple occasions of similar interactions where matters of public importance which had no confidential information were shared live. However, if any inconvenience was caused we highly regret it,” the statement said.
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