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Delhi Chief Slammed for Promoting 'VVIP' Culture After Judges Get 5-Star Hotel as COVID Unit

© AP Photo / Altaf QadriAam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, leader Arvind Kejriwal addresses the crowd after taking oath as Chief Minister of Delhi for the third time, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020
Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, leader Arvind Kejriwal addresses the crowd after taking oath as Chief Minister of Delhi for the third time, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 - Sputnik International, 1920, 27.04.2021
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As India is reporting over 300,000 daily cases of coronavirus along with more than 2,000 deaths, the capital Delhi remains the most infected city in the country. Delhi's COVID situation is so grim that the shortage of space in crematoriums has led municipal authorities to build funeral pyres in car parks.

The lavish Ashoka Hotel in Delhi has been turned into a COVID-19 care centre dedicated to the judges of the Delhi High Court and their families amid rising cases and shortage of hospital beds and medically-equipped quarantine centres.

Geeta Grover, the sub-divisional magistrate of the Chanakyapuri area in Delhi released an official order confirming the news on Tuesday.

​The decision, however, has led to Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal being accused of giving "VVIP" (very very important person) treatment to the judges at a time the city should be focusing on arranging beds and medical supplies.

Delhi residents have shared images appearing to show infected residents lying on the streets of the Indian capital and have compared their reality to the comfort being extended to the judges.

​A total of a hundred rooms in the posh hotel have been reserved for the Delhi judges. Delhi's Primus Hospital will be running the COVID care services at Hotel Ashoka as the distance between the two is merely 2.4 kilometres.

​The total number of active cases in Delhi stands at 92,358, as per India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. India has logged over 323,000 COVID cases along with 2,771 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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