“No Position For Pros”: Congress On Virologist Shahid Jameel’s Resignation
Senior virologist Shahid Jameel resigned from a countrywide panel on genome sequencing of coronavirus.
New Delhi:
The Congress hit out on the Centre over the resignation of famous virologist Shahid Jameel from a countrywide panel on genome sequencing of coronavirus, alleging that there is not any position for execs on this executive.
The opposition party alleged that the Top Minister “Modi executive’s aversion for evidence-based policy-making has driven India into the present disaster.”
“The resignation of Dr Shahid Jameel, one among India’s absolute best virologists, is in reality unhappy. Modi Sarkar has no position for execs who can talk their thoughts freely with out worry or favour,” senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
The resignation of Dr. Shahid Jameel, one among India’s absolute best virologists, is in reality unhappy. Modi Sarkar has no position for execs who can talk their thoughts freely with out worry or favour.https://t.co/fnpDUdfeh4
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 17, 2021
“How for much longer will India undergo because of their lack of knowledge,” the party requested on its professional Twitter deal with.
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari requested if Mr Jameel hand over on his personal or was once “pressured to hand over”.
Some other Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill shared a video of BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur mentioning the advantages of cow urine in Covid instances. “No surprise best virologist Shahid Jameel has hand over Government Covid Panel as a result of BJP Brigade believes in quack formulation quite than clinical info,” he tweeted.
No surprise best virologist Shahid Jameel has hand over Government Covid Panel as a result of BJP Brigade believes in quack formulation quite than clinical info https://t.co/Qdp8PgxbJy
— Jaiveer Shergill (@JaiveerShergill) May 17, 2021
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi cited Mr Jameel quitting as head of INSACOG to focus on the top minister. “INSACOG had warned PM in early March in regards to the bad Indian mutant however executive paid no heed. Jameel has frankly stated that executive did not take science into consideration. We are paying for Modi’s clinical illiteracy,” he stated on Twitter.
Days after stating that scientists are going through “cussed resistance to evidence-based policymaking”, Mr Jameel hand over as the pinnacle of INSACOG, a central executive panel that conducts genome sequencing of coronavirus. An professional stated the virologist didn’t give any explanation why for his determination.
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