“India will never forgive PM @narendramodi for underplaying the corona situation in the country and letting so many people die due to mismanagement,” a politician from the state of
West Bengal, Moloy Ghatak, wrote on Twitter last week. “At a time when India is going through a health crisis, PM chose to export millions of vaccine to other nations.”India has
recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began - a
day after it became the first country to register more than 400,000 new cases.
Amid the
crisis, vote counting started on Sunday for elections held in five states:
Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
The outcomes
are being watched for signs of how the pandemic has affected support for Mr
Modi and his Hindu nationalist party, the BJP. He has been criticised for
allowing rallies to take place during polling in March and April.
Results so
far from West Bengal, where Mr Modi had been seeking a win, instead suggest the
TMC party of fierce Modi critic Mamata Banerjee will comfortably retain power.
Its health
ministry said 3,689 people had died within the past 24 hours.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi met the health minister on Sunday morning to review the crisis.
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