BJP MP Tejasvi Surya gives communal turn to 'hospital beds scam'

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, who exposed the hospital beds scam, pertaining to 'blocking' the beds in fake names for Covid-19 patients on payment of exorbitant amounts, has now sought to give a communal turn to the scam.

While levelling the charges, the Bengaluru South MP had named 16 from Muslim community and sought to know why "they are controlling the Covid war room in the city." A city civic official told PTI that there are over 200 people in the Covid war room and not just 16 as mentioned by the MP.

Surya had on Tuesday alleged that hospitals in the city 'blocked' at least 4,065 beds in fake names to make a killing at a time when Covid-19 cases were rising in the country and Karnataka.

Former CM and Congress leader Siddaramaiah, in a series of tweets, slammed Surya for being 'insensitive' and 'communalising' the issue.