Attacking the government over the coronavirus crisis during a discussion in parliament, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien today mocked the PM-CARES fund as "PM's Couldn't-Care-Less fund" and said the centre "needs humility" to work with states.
"This government needs humility to work with states to fight Covid-19," the Trinamool member said in the Rajya Sabha, during a four-hour discussion. Mr O'Brien said the government had announced a 21-day lockdown with just four-hour notice and "no preparation". He also alleged that the centre did not take state governments into confidence while making decisions on the pandemic.
On the third day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma has given a short duration discussion notice in Rajya Sabha over ''the incursion of the Chinese army across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and military standoff between the armies of the two countries on the LAC''.
The monsoon session of the Parliament began on September 14, under the shadow of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
