BJP Narendra Taneja on India Covid crisis - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

India has seen more Covid cases in the last seven days than any other country as people die waiting for beds, oxygen supplies run low and hospitals crumble under the strain.

The official death toll has surpassed 200,000 but experts believe the actual number may be higher.

R4 Today's Nick Robinson spoke to the national spokesperson for India's ruling BJP Narendra Taneja on why a second wave has been so ferocious.

With analysis from our correspondent Sima Kotecha and BBC's South East Asia correspondent Yogita Limaye.

(Image: Narendra Taneja; Credit: BBC)

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