BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on July 21 reiterated Central Government’s stand on zero deaths due to oxygen shortage during second wave of Covid-19. He said that the Central Government doesn’t generate the data; it only collects the data sent by states and Union Territories.
“There are 3 things one must pay attention to in the reply given by the Govt. Centre says that Health is a state/UT subject. It says that it just collects the data sent by states/UTs, it doesn't generate data”. He also added, “Centre says that as no state/UT sent any data regarding deaths specifically due to shortage of oxygen, since none of them said that a death occurred in their state/UT due to shortage of oxygen, there is no data for that. Did the Centre generate this data? No,” Patra added.
