DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Haryana on Wednesday expressed concern over several cases which have come to the fore involving alleged black-marketing of oxygen cylinders and anti-viral drugs in the state. The Congress MLAs shared the problems of their constituencies and claimed that the government has completely failed to stop the COVD-19 pandemic. The Haryana Police has during the past over a fortnight arrested 67 persons from across the state for alleged black-marketing of oxygen cylinders and anti-viral Remdesivir injections. At the CLP meet, convened by former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here to discuss the COVID situation in the state, the Congress MLAs expressed the view that things are going "worse from day-to-day as the infection is now spreading rapidly to the village of the state". According to a party statement, many legislators claimed that the hospitals in the cities and health centres in villages are facing a heavy shortage of equipment and staff. The legislators highlighted the alleged shortage of hospital beds, medicines and oxygen. The Congress MLAs, according to the statement, claimed that most hospitals do not have ventilators, and even facilities that have one, do not have an operator to operate these machines. At the outset of the meeting, the legislators paid tributes to those who have lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic and passed a resolution expressing their condolences to their families. Hooda, who is Leader of the Opposition, while addressing the legislators, said that in view of the alleged lack of proper arrangements by the government to deal with the raging pandemic, "our responsibility towards the people as opposition increases further". "All MLAs should help COVID patients in every way possible. We must keep a close watch on the problems being faced by the people and such issues should be immediately raised before the authorities and the government. (editor@dailyworld.in)