153 Million Cases and #ResignModi

Thanks to India’s contribution, the global tally of Covid-19 cases has gravely swelled to 153 million. In fact, the said country accounts for 13% of that grand total. 

India is being buried under clusters of coronavirus infections and stacks of dead bodies – and the “official” numbers don’t even begin to tell the whole story. To be honest, the authorities have lost count. It’s a cold sober case of miscounting and discounting. 

To add insult to injury, its health minister Harsh Vardhan (left) insisted that its fatality rate from the disease remained “the lowest in the world”. 

It was a statement that jarred with the devastating images and accounts that have flowed out of India in the past fortnight, of hospitals and morgues filled to capacity, people dying on pavements from scarcity of oxygen, and crematoriums and graveyards visibly overflowing with bodies. 

With Covid-19 patients unable to get into hospitals, many have been dying at home, often without ever getting tested. Meanwhile, state governments and local authorities stand accused of rampant miscalculation, covering up and obfuscating the true death toll in their states. 

PM Narendra Modi (right) and his government must take the blame for this whole Covid fiasco! 

And so, ResignModi is among the top trending hashtags on social media as Indian netizens hold Modi accountable for the disastrous handling of the second wave of Covid-19. 

A tweet from Ravinder Kapur @RavinderKapur2 claims: “14 crore netizens demanded #NarendraModi's resignation in one hour. IT'S A WORLD RECORD ON SOCIAL MEDIA! #ResignModi #ExitModi”. 

Another tweet from Gangaram Raju @gangaram_raju: “People are dying due to lack of oxygen. This is MURDER! India demands resignation from prime minister Narendra Modi. #ResignPMmodi #ResignModi #ModiResign”. 

And another from Soorya Sing palliyil @soorya_sing: “No Beds. No Oxygen. No Medicine. No Vaccine. There is a reason he is called #FailedPMModi #ResignModi”.  

NickyVirdi #Sidheart..I'm here only for #sid @Nicky80601565 tweets: “Indians are not dying due to Covid but they r being murdered! Modi govt callousness lead to their deaths! #ExitModi #ResignModi”.

Rajesh Kumar #NoVoteToBJP @RajeshBilung03 tweets: “#ExitModi This is Crime against Humanity, Modi Ji is a failed PM of India's History. #ExitModi #ResignModi”.

Munovar @Munovar1 tweets: “Enough is enough #ExitModi #ExitModi #ResignModi” 

[Note: India is the world’s biggest producer of vaccines but does not have enough stockpiles to keep up with a deadly second wave]. 

The above seven tweets are just the tip of the iceberg – but it is clear that many, many Indians are demanding that Modi resigns. Of course, he won't lah!