![]() Since April end, this has been the line followed by friendly media and channel anchors.Īs per this portrayal, every segment of the system failed - the scientists who failed to give the timely advisories, the state governments who ignored the Centre’s advisories, the vaccine producers who did not ramp up production and the people who ignored the COVID-19 rules. RSS-linked columnists were also pressed into action to play down the significance of his remarks.īuffeted by negative public perceptions of the government’s handling of the second COVID wave, the official narrative until then had been that the COVID-19 surge went out of control due to failures of “the system” and not the rulers. Even the RSS mouth piece Organiser joined the coverup operation by glossing over the critical part of its sarsanghchalak’s admonition of the Modi government for lowering guard. Accordingly, the mainstream media and friendly channels played it safe. ![]() The establishment’s first response was to downplay its significance. “We are facing this situation because, whether it was the government, administration or public, everyone dropped their guard after the first wave despite indications from doctors,” Bhagwat said.įrom anyone else this might be seen as an attempt to shift the blame for the disaster on to ordinary people, but coming from Bhagwat, this was tantamount to a pointed attack on the very system which Narendra Modi presides over. In his valedictory address on May 15, Bhagwat squarely blamed the Modi government and the administration under him for lowering their guard after the first COVID-19 wave. ![]() Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s presence provided it added weight.Īnd then came the bombshell. It started on May 11 and saw a lineup of pro-Sangh gurus like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, social worker Nivedita Bhide and Azim Premji. Coordinated by the RSS’s Covid Response Team, Positivity Unlimited featured a five-day lecture series marketed with big media fanfare. When the RSS formally agreed to join the Modi government’s ‘positivity’ campaign there was jubilation in BJP circles.
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