How The Wire and Dainik Bhaskar followed Congress ‘toolkit’ model, belittled institutional fight against COVID-19 by Modi govt

From the past few weeks, many media houses are trying to paint a picture that union ministers and BJP leadership are not providing any support for the Covid-19 patients and people affected by the pandemic. The ministers they listed included Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari, Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Naqvi. 1 मई से 14 मई के दौरान मोदी सरकार के दिग्गज मंत्रियों के ट्विटर एनालिसिस में यह बात सामने आई है कि किसी मंत्री ने कोरोना पीड़ितों की मदद के लिए एक भी ट्वीट नहीं किया, जबकि पीएम मोदी की तारीफ़ में खूब कसीदे गढ़े गए।#COVID19India pic.twitter.com/ljv5kJRM9S — Congress May 20, 2021 Bhaskar published how these ministers tweeted about the preparations government has been doing to fight Covid-19, posted condolences messages, and wished for birthdays and festivals. Both news agencies did mention some work that the ministers told about on their social media platforms related to Covid-19 relief, but the reports majorly talked about their alleged “incompetency.” Now, if we compare the reports’ structure with the Congress Toolkit, it talked about taking a series of actions to “amplify the image of a clueless and insensitive BJP and to corner it on its mismanagement.” The ministers they wanted to highlight were Amit Shah, Dr S Jaishankar, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and others. अभी इस कंटेंट वाले एक इंजेक्शन की कीमत सात हजार रुपये है और करीब चालीस से पचास इंजेक्शन एक मरीज को दिये जा रहे है जिस वजह से लोगों को आसानी से मिल नही रहा। वर्धा में बना यह इंजेक्शन 1200 रुपए में मिलेगा । प्रति दिन बीस हजार इंजेक्शन जेनेटिक लाइफ सायन्सेस में तैयार होंगे। — Office Of Nitin Gadkari May 14, 2021 Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar: EAM has been busy communicating with the international counterparts to procure medical supplies and other aid for India’s fight against Covid-19.