Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targetted the Centre and Delhi governments for the hardships of patients staying outside All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in national capital. In a video shared on X, the Congress leader can be seen meeting with patients and their family members staying on road, footpaths, and subways.
Gandhi, can be seen expressing his anger after knowing the problem of patients and their family members. Many of them came from states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, due to lack of proper treatment in their area.
“This is completely ridiculous that people are here. They are suffering, they are dying, and they are being thrown out of where they are staying and they don't have any place to stay,” the parliamentarian can be heard as saying in the video, shared days ahead of Delhi Assembly Elections 2025.
The Leader of the Opposition of Lok Sabha shared the video and wrote, “Hell outside AIIMS!”. He also questioned the Centre and Delhi governments on why they have “turned a blind eye to the humanitarian crisis.”
Disgusted after knowing the suffering of patients and their family members, Rahul Gandhi said, “Mazak chal raha hai (Is this a joke)”. In the video, some of the people shared their story on how they are living on footpaths and streets for months for their loved ones' treatment. Some people who were staying outside in cold, were suffering from serious ailments like heart disease and even cancer.
Rahul Gandhi's latest attack on the situation of patients outside AIIMS has come days after criticising Congress MP compared INDIA ally Aam Aadmi Party's convenor Arvind Kejriwal. Gandhi compared Kejiwal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused both the leaders of fooling the people with false promises.
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