K Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Thursday dismissed as baseless opposition claims of under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths in the state, asserting that the government was transparent on disseminating all data, including related to fatalities.
The government does not stand to gain anything by concealing information related to the illness, including deaths, he said.
When asked about the DMK’s charge that actual deaths were not reported, he told reporters that, “On what basis are they making the allegation? data on death and those related to people being treated are being released transparently”.
“There is no need to hide. What is the gain for the government?” he asked adding such accusations were “not true, unfounded and baseless.”
“Tamil Nadu is the state to have done maximum testing. When we do more testing, we prevent the chances of the spread of the virus by treating the infected…
“They (opposition) don’t have a heart to appreciate (the efforts of the government), the opposition will talk only like that, have they ever spoken the truth?” he asked, adding the disease spread was seeing a dip.
“During these challenging times, it has become a regular feature (for opposition) to level charges.
Test results are now being released in about 24 hours.This is an improvement,” he added.
The chief minister hit out at the opposition saying “posing questions” alone was their task while only those who worked in the government had responsibility and understood the difficulties involved.
“The restriction mandating e-pass is only to see that people do not travel unnecessarily,” he added.
