India’s gigantic second wave
Record levels of infection have put huge strain on the health service and highlighted the perils of complacency in the nationalist government
aving to a cheering crowd of thousands at an election rally in West Bengal, the Indian prime minister lapped up the adulation from supporters as he goaded the opposition. “In all directions I see huge crowds of people . . . I have never seen such crowds at a rally,” Narendra Modi declared.
He cut a more statesmanlike figure later on Saturday evening, photographed alone during a video conference with officials as he discussed the catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 infections that has engulfed the country over the past month. Attempting to rally the nation, he declared: “India defeated Covid-19 last year. We can do it again with the same principles but with greater speed and co-ordination.”
abhijeetgurjar.in 