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India was slammed by a second wave of COVID-19 in mid-March. India officially says some 418,000 people have died from the pandemic, but according to new research, the real figure could be an astonishing 3 million to 4 million deaths.The BJP government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been under close global scrutiny for its delayed pandemic response. Part of the criticism originated from Indian states that complained of acute oxygen shortages in hospitals. At the same time, oxygen exports from India have doubled during the pandemic.On July 19, an opposition member of India’s parliament, K.C. Venugopal, demanded an investigation into unnecessary deaths from oxygen deprivation. Television news reports showed Indian citizens in desperate conditions outside hospitals after being turned away for lack of beds and oxygen. Relatives of victims were shown pleading with doctors, who were unable to help. Indian Minister of State for Health, Bharti Pravin Pawar, claimed in a written statement: No deaths due to lack of oxygen have been specifically reported by the states/Uts [union territories]." Numerous reports show that this claim is false. Pawar’s brazen denial shocked many
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