A cricketer-turned-politician BV Srinivas, the Indian Youth Congress president has set a brilliant example after he along with his 1000-member has been helping people in these tough times all around the country.
Srinivas has been arranging beds, oxygen, medicines, plasma and even helping people get vaccinated according to a report in The Indian Express.
Srinivas said that he has a team of 1000 trained Youth Congress members who have been helping people in the country.
“This year, starting from March 7, under the guidance and instruction of Rahul Gandhi, the youth Congress started to help people suffering from Covid-19 related issues. I am not alone in this. With me are 1,000 trained Youth Congress members,” Srinivas told Express.
“Then in the first week of March this year, along with Rahul Gandhi, we held series of meetings to discuss how to tackle this second wave. Our first priority was to help the people in need of emergency medicines, oxygen, plasma and even food. We set up control rooms in all states to receive SOS messages on Covid-19,” he added.
He has represented Karnataka at the U19 level and his career was put to halt after an eye injury back in 2003.
The nation has seen a sudden spike in the COVID-19 cases in the last few days.