Ram Manohar Lohiya hospital here today refuted Congress-led Opposition's claim that IUML MP E Ahamed was shown alive under PMO "pressure" to allow Budget presentation on February 1, saying such allegations are "demoralising" for doctors.
"Why will we come under any pressure, there was no pressure. We issued a statement yesterday explaining everything. Putting such allegations is demoralising for doctors," RML medical superintendent A K Gadpayle said.
Congress and Left today raked up inside and outside Parliament the issue of death of Ahamed, alleging that he was shown alive under PMO "pressure" to allow Budget presentation on February 1 and demanded a probe by a Parliamentary Committee into it.
While raking up the issue, the members from Congress and Left forced premature adjournment of Lok Sabha for the day as they created ruckus by alleging that "ill-treatment" was meted out to Ahamed's family members at the government hospital after he was admitted there on January 31.
78-year-old Ahamed collapsed during the President's Address to joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31. He was declared dead in the wee hours the next day, hours before presentation of the Budget.
The issue was raked up in both the Houses of Parliament.
In the Lok Sabha, the Opposition members trooped into the Well, raising slogans over Ahamed's death and disrupting the proceedings. The uproar led to two adjournments before the final for the day around 1.10 PM.
"The body was kept there in inhuman way. His daughter and son-in-law too were not allowed to meet for six-seven hours...This all shows that how the government shrouded such big incident to ensure the Budget is presented," said Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
Kharge, accompanied by Congress MPs including Jyotiraditya Scindia, claimed Ahamed's body was kept at RML hospital to send out message that "he was still alive".
"The government indirectly pressurised the doctors and kept the body there," he alleged, adding even Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders of the party were not allowed to even see Ahamed's body.
"We demand the government should issue a statement in this regard and a Parliamentary Committee be formed to probe it. Whoever is responsible, be it doctors, government officials, the ministry, the responsibility should be fixed.
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