Rishi Sunak Apologies To COVID-Hit Families: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday (December 11) apologized to the families who lost their loved ones in the Covid-19 pandemic. Along with this, he presented evidence on his behalf in the public inquiry that started this week.
It is also being seen as an attempt to prevent a possible rebellion in the parliament vote on his Rwandan policy of deporting illegal immigrants.
The British Indian leader said he was ‘deeply saddened’ by the loss of lives. He stressed that he wanted to give his evidence to the Covid inquiry in the spirit of ‘constructive candor’ so that lessons could be learned from when he was Chancellor in 2020-21.
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PM Sunak said,I just wanted to start off by saying how deeply saddened I am for all those who lost loved ones, family members during the pandemic and also for all those who suffered many hardships during the pandemic and because of the measures taken. Suffered in many ways.
The Prime Minister said,I have thought about this a lot over the past few years, it is important that we learn the lessons so that we are better prepared in the future. It is in this spirit and with utmost respect for all those affected that I am here today. “I look forward to giving evidence in a spirit of constructive candor to assist the inquiry in its deliberations.”
At several points he also defended the decision-making pressure of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister at the time and said that during the peak of the first Covid lockdown period he was more concerned with his former ‘boss’ than his wife Akshata Murthy. Had met.
‘Eat out to help out’ scheme defended
British PM Sunak also strongly defended the ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme which he launched in August 2020 to boost Britain’s hospitality industry. That time corona virus There was a second wave of the pandemic and he was criticized for its alleged impact.
