Youth Congress Chief questioned by Delhi police on procuring COVID relief material, says ‘Done no wrong’
Delhi Police on Friday questioned Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV, over allegations connected with Coronavirus medicines. Srinivas Twitter account has been among the most active in replying Covid related SOS.
The police said that they were acting following a plea filed in the Delhi High Court that mentions that politicians from different parties have been involved in the illegal distribution of medicines used for treating Covid-19. The petition didn’t name Srinivas but a crime branch team arrived at his office to record his statement.
The Delhi Police said, "On a writ filed by Deepak Singh about politicians involved in the illegal distribution of Covid medicines etc, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to conduct an enquiry. In compliance with Delhi High Court's order, Delhi Police is conducting an enquiry on several politicians including Srinivas.”
Supporting Srinivas, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "The one who saves is always bigger than the one who destroys," he wrote in Hindi, with the hashtag #IStandWithIYC.
Srinivas further said that he was not afraid of anything as he had done nothing wrong. "We will not stop our work, we are not scared," Mr Srinivas.
"We have not done anything wrong, if our smallest efforts can help save a life we will not stop or be scared of such PILs."
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Mr Srinivas, 39 is a cricketer-turned-politician, has been managing a team that monitors and acts upon tweets, asking for help or request for oxygen and medicines related to covid. Last year, he had organised a network of Youth Congress volunteers under "SOS IYC". Srinivas' efforts became known when a large number of people started tagging him on Twitter for help in the deadly coronavirus surge that has witnessed huge demand for oxygen for patients who are severely attacked by the virus.
In a recent controversy, Embassies have sent SOS to Congress for oxygen and Congress have supplied oxygen to critical patients in two embassies - New Zealand and Philippines, which stirred controversy. The Youth Congress tweeted the appeal by the New Zealand High Commission as well as videos of the oxygen cylinders being delivered. This anchored words on social media between Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
To put the fire off and saying that they are just trying all sources to arrange for oxygen cylinders and that their appeal has been misinterpreted, for which they are sorry. The New Zealand embassy later deleted its tweet to the Youth Congress.