Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation even as Covid-19 ravages India

While hospitals plead for life-saving oxygen and Covid-19 patients die in their thousands, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing ahead with a $1.8 billion parliamentary revamp — including a new home for the country’s leader.

The decision to continue with the project in the capital, New Delhi, has infuriated the public and opposition politicians,