Don't want Modi's 'New India': Rahul on Gorakhpur hospital tragedy

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of New India, as he paid a visit to Gorakhpur to meet the grieving families of the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College Hospital tragedy's victims.

"It is not only an incident in Uttar Pradesh; rather it is a national tragedy. This incident is a sign of the situation of healthcare system in India. Things don't work like this. Modi Ji speaks about new India. We don't want this kind of new India. We want a new India where a poor can take his/her child for treatment and return back happily," he said, while addressing media after meeting the victims' families.

Rahul also said that he earlier informed Prime Minister Modi about the lack of facilities in the hospital and asked Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take proper action, instead of covering it up.

"It is clear that this government has tragedy in it. I earlier told Modi Ji that this hospital needs money. There are many problems in the hospital. But no action is being taken. It is clear that this incident has taken place due to lack of oxygen. The Chief Minister should take action, instead of covering up," he said.

Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday demanded a high level Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the death of at least 30 kids died in 48 hours at BRD Medical College's Nehru Hospital in Gorakhpur.

Addressing the media, Yadav accused the Yogi Adityanath-led government of being hand-in-gloves with the CBI.

The former chief minister also said that people of Uttar Pradesh have understood the reality of the party and would not be fooled by BJP's false promises.

Meanwhile, the Allahabad High Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Government and has asked to specify the cause of deaths of multitudes of children that took place in Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College.