Gautam Gambhir offers Delhi CM 1000 PPEs, says 'time for talk is over, it's time to act'

BJP MP Gautam Gambhir called out the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday as he claimed that the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia had made dual claims. Taking to Twitter, Gambhir pointed out at the Deputy Chief Minister had earlier stated that there was a shortage of funds and now Kejriwal has claimed that there is a shortage of Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) in the national capital. Nevertheless, the former cricketer also announced that he has procured 1000 PPE kits and is willing to donate them to the government. 

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Kejriwal thanks Gambhir, seeks help

After Dy CM Sisodia claimed that there is a shortage of funds, Gambhir pledged to donate Rs 50 lakhs, taking his total donation to Rs 1 crore. Responding to the BJP MP's donation, CM Kejriwal thanked Gambhir and stated that the problem is not of money but of the availability of PPE kits. The CM also requested Gambhir if he could help the government purchase PPEs for the healthcare workers in Delhi. 

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Kejriwal had earlier accused the Centre of not providing the Delhi government with even a single PPE kit despite having written to them asking for the same, "We are facing a shortage of PPE kits. We have written to the Centre to supply the kits, essential for our doctors and nurses. But we haven't received even one PPE kit from the Union government so far."

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Sisodia attacks Centre

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday had accused the Centre of being unfair to the national capital in terms of the relief fund allotment that was announced to combat COVID-19 crisis. Lamenting that Delhi has not received a single penny from the total amount of Rs 11,092 crore allotted to all states, Sisodia asked the Centre to not play politics at the time of national disaster.

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"At this time when the country is battling COVID-19, and the Delhi Government is working closely with the Centre in combating the epidemic, it was shocking and painful to see that the relief package of Rs 11,092 cr was not provided to Delhi. I appeal to the Centre to not play politics while the country is facing a disaster," Manish Sisodia told ANI.