The Congress today alleged hundreds of children in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand have died due to medical negligence in government hospitals, and demanded the resignation of the two chief ministers, along with a judicial probe by a sitting High Court judge.
Congress spokesperson R P N Singh alleged that after the recent deaths of over 60 children in Gorakhpur, there have been 61 more deaths in UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's constituency.
"We saw 61 children dying in past 72 hours in Gorakhpur. This is repeat of a similar tragedy in Gorakhpur where 60 children had died (earlier)," he said.
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Yesterday, the former principal of Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College Dr Rajiv Mishra and his wife Dr Purnima Shukla were arrested over the child deaths at the college's hospital earlier this month.
The issue had acquired a political hue with the BJP government in UP drawing flak from the opposition over the deaths in Gorakhpur, which Adityanath had represented five times in the Lok Sabha.
Singh said due to "gross complicity" and "utter negligence", more than 200 children have died in the same BRD hospital in Gorakhpur this month alone.
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