Jaipur, Jan 7 : After UP Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath's spate of tweets over Kota infant deaths, Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma here on Tuesday hit back on him as well as the Gujarat Chief Minister asking them to focus on their states as the situation was quite grim there.
Sharma was speaking to the media after a meeting of senior medical/health officials called to discuss ways and means to strengthen the sector.
"Questions are being raised by people who wanted to do politics over infant deaths.
While I am here to answer your queries, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani didn't answer a single question in case of 135 infant deaths in Rajkot," he said.
"Does this define the accountability of the state government? 36,000 children lost lives in one year (in Gujarat) despite a Rs 11,000 crore budget," Sharma said.
Taking on Adityanath, Sharma said he must focus on his state as photographs from his home district showed two-three infants lying on one bed in serious condition.
--IANS
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Source: IANS
