War-like COVID State: Sena’s Raut Calls For Spl Parliament Session

Raut highlighted that the state had “no beds, no oxygen and no vaccine”.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday, 19 April, called for a two-day special session of Parliament over the "war-like" COVID-19 situation in the country.

In a tweet, Raut highlighted that the state had "no beds, no oxygen and no vaccination", and the situation was "totally chaotic". Dubbing the COVID case surge as unprecedented and war-like, Raut called for a two-day session to address the situation.

It's an unprecedented & almost a war like situation. Utmost confusion & tension everywhere!

No beds,no oxygen & no vaccination as well ! It's nothing but TOTAL CHAOS !

A Spl session of the Parliament for atleast 2 days should be called to discuss the situation!
जय हिंद! pic.twitter.com/c5rWbhyTD0

— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) April 19, 2021

The Shiv Sena leader told ANI that the situation was grim in other states as well.

“I’ve been speaking to political leaders around the country. I’ve demanded a special session of Parliament because they feel situation is grim in their states too. So, if the government convenes a special session, there can be an open discussion on the matter.”

Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP

Maharashtra has been among the worst-affected states by COVID. On Sunday, the state reported 68,631 new cases and 503 deaths in 24 hours.

India reported 2,61,500 fresh COVID cases in the last 24 hours – the highest single-day spike ever – pushing the country’s overall COVID tally to 1,47,88,109, according to the Health Ministry data released on Sunday.