Are Centre, states trying to hide their failures during second Covid wave?

A day after the Union Health Ministry informed Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of medical oxygen have been reported by states and UTs during the second wave of Covid-19, health ministers of several states have issued statements supporting the Centre. This includes health ministers of opposition-ruled states.

Amid the row, Maharashtra, where the Congress, Shiv Sena and the NCP are in power, and BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat maintained that there were no deaths due to oxygen shortage in these states.Govt guilty of misleading parliament?
So, are Centre, states trying to hide their failures? Is govt denying Covid victims dignity in death?

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