Under the leadership of AAP Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj, a delegation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including MLAs Sanjeev Jha, Imran Hussain, Kuldeep Kumar, and senior leader Adil Ahmad Khan, visited Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital today and met those injured in the tragic Red Fort blast. Deeply moved by the suffering of victims and their families, Saurabh Bharadwaj said the government’s failure to provide even basic ambulance services to the deceased was heartbreaking and inhumane. Posting sympathy on social media has no value if the government cannot even arrange a vehicle for families to take their loved ones home,” he said, questioning how the Home Minister and Chief Minister could claim “everything is fine” while victims’ families were left helpless. Saurabh Bharadwaj also asked, “What kind of ‘war’ is this where the Prime Minister flies abroad the very next morning after a terrorist attack?”
Victim and aggrieved families
After meeting the injured victim and aggrieved families, senior AAP leader and Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj said that whenever a major tragedy occurs, leaders in power issue formal statements expressing condolences and prayers for the bereaved families and the injured. “But these messages should not just be for Twitter, WhatsApp or Facebook. The government must mean what it says. When a family loses someone, typing out a message of condolence has no value if the government cannot even provide an ambulance to carry the deceased home,” he remarked. Saurabh Bharadwaj pointed out that Delhi’s largest hospital, the same one visited by the Union Home Minister and the Chief Minister who both claimed that ‘everything is fine’, could not arrange an ambulance for the poor families who lost their loved ones. “These were people who ran to the hospital upon receiving phone calls, without caring about their wallets, phones, or money. And when they arrived, they were told to arrange an ambulance on their own. If the government does not have ambulances for such victims, it is extremely shameful and painful,” he said.
Government that can send ambulances
He added, “This is the same government that can send ambulances even to the Taliban, yet cannot provide one to take the bodies of its own citizens home. The government should be deeply concerned about this failure.” Saurabh Bharadwaj said that AAP leaders raised this issue inside the hospital as well, requesting that at least ambulances be provided to transport the injured. “It’s not that the government lacks ambulances. There are plenty. When ministers or the Chief Minister travel, several ambulances accompany them. During the Prime Minister’s events, dozens of ambulances are deployed. So why can’t at least one ambulance be given to carry a deceased person home?” he asked.
Colleagues met the injured
He shared that he and his colleagues met the injured and spoke to doctors. “Treatment is ongoing. We pray to God for the speedy recovery of all those injured,” he said. Saurabh Bharadwaj also recalled the government’s earlier statements claiming that any terrorist attack on the nation would be treated as an ‘act of war.’ “But this is the first country where war-like conditions exist, yet the Prime Minister leaves for a foreign tour the very next morning. I think this must be the first such incident in the world.
