Uttar Pradesh CM, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday made a highly insensitive remark, stating that people should not leave their children at the mercy of the government.
“Mujhe lagta hai, kahin aisa na ho, log apne bachhe, jaise hi 2 saal ke ho, sarkar ke bharose chhodd de, sarkar unka paalan poshan kare (I am afraid people will leave their children on government’s mercy once they are two years old).” CM Yogi’s remark comes days after the death of at least 60 children in Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur.
He said the safety of infants belongs to everyone in the society. The responsibility cannot be taken by the government solely.
The hospital had earlier faced the charges of negligence in the supply of liquid oxygen leading to the death of more than 60 infants. An FIR was registered against the suspended principal of the BRD Medical College, Dr Rajiv Misra, along with six other hospital employees.
It also included two officials of the oxygen-supplying agency, Pushpa Sales Private Limited, Manish Bhandari and Uday Pratap Sharma, under the charges of criminal negligence.
According to the FIR, the breach in fulfilling the responsibility of supplying oxygen on the part of the Pushpa Sales comes under the section of criminal negligence. The company was informed of the depleting stock of liquid oxygen by the BRD Medical college staff.
