Yet another BJP leader has voiced displeasure against the management of COVID-19 crisis by the Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh. He claimed that at least 10 people have died in every village during the second coronavirus wave as no lessons were learnt from the first wave.

While speaking to media, UP BJP working committee member Ram Iqbal Singh rued that the Health Department did not learn any lesson from the first wave of COVID-19 which led to a large number of deaths due to the disease in the second wave.

“At least 10 people died from every village in the state during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic,” he alleged.

On being reminded that during his visit to Ballia, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Health Department, Singh said the officials had misled the CM, and the truth was not shown.

He went on to demand Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia for the kin of COVID-19 victims and urged the BJP government to give diesel subsi

Earlier in May, BJP’s Sitapur MLA Rakesh Rathore had joined the list of ruling party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh, expressing resentment over the alleged COVID-19 mismanagement in the state and saying that he feared a sedition charge for speaking up.

On May 9, Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar had complained to the chief minister about the situation in his Bareilly constituency, saying officials don’t take calls and government health centres send back patients for ‘referrals’ from the district hospital.

A day later, BJP MLA from Jasrana in Firozabad Ramgopal Lodhi claimed that his coronavirus positive wife was not admitted to an Agra hospital for over three hours, with officials saying that beds were not available.

Back in April, a ‘confidential’ letter written by UP Law Minister Brajesh Pathak surfaced on social media. Pathak had lashed out at his state’s health authorities, complaining that beds for coronavirus patients were falling short and ambulances took hours to arrive in the state capital