IMP šØ INVESTIGATION
India's lockdown was called world's largest, strictest etc. @ BBC, we wanted to know how the govt planned it.
So, what're we looking at?
Govt docs that reveal every department/agency who was consulted by PM Modi before imposing #lockdown.
#Thread
China, with thousands of deaths and cases by March 2020, never imposed a national lockdown.
Let's start with what we've got now.
So we asked NDMA - who all were consulted before lockdown? Also, how many NDMA meetings did the PM attend? Their response.
NIL to both. Yes, NIL.
Am giving you an example below š
@FinMinIndia depts transferred our apps to MHA. But when MHA sent them all back, admitted it had no info on consultations.
They had no information on consultations.
In fact, nothing to show they were EVEN INFORMED before lockdown.
CMs/Govs from Assam, Delhi, Punjab, Gujarat, UP, DONER (centre's bridge to North East) all of them had nothing to show they knew.
*UP CMO threw our application out when it was asked about its own prep and info.
Over 1 crore workers had to return home post lockdown.
@LabourMinistry could not produce ONE DOCUMENT to show it had given any suggestions/foreseen the crisis/provided means to avert it - before the lockdown came.
Proof?
Well even NiTi Aayog's own documents don't support what Rajiv Kumar is saying.
We asked them TWICE.
In the release issued afterwards, we found no mention of the word 'lockdown'. When we asked PMO if the topic was even broached, no information was provided. @HMOIndia asked us to see the press release again.
It was claimed India had adequate PPEs, isolation beds, masks. Then, on Feb 22, 2020 - 2 days before Trump arrived, @drharshvardhan claimed India had 'stalled' entry of coronavirus.
They were looking to their government.
Found it absent.
Without lockdown, would suffering have been more? We don't know.
To be fair, few govts world over did well against the virus.
Q remains - why did India dive into something MINUS it's best & relevant experts on board?
@BBCHindi: https://t.co/W2bwjcZn8B
@bbcnewsmarathi: https://t.co/kGrilse7C4
@bbcnewsgujarati: https://t.co/XVkxMsvy5F
We requested the Modi Govt to put its point of view forward and waited for @PrakashJavdekar @MIB_India for OVER THREE FULL WEEKS.
@bbcnewspunjabi: https://t.co/l7SbWS7Quw
@bbctamil: https://t.co/87TJo61GTl
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