Just Colour of the Ruler changed, Colonial Mindset still intact

 The following two are the paragraph of a history book 

Terrible famines took place during 1896-97 and 1899-1900 while bubonic plague broke out in Maharashtra killing thousands of Indians. Tilak criticized the government's relief efforts and the arrogant attitude of the Government Plague Commissioners. When riots broke cut, the government tried to stifle public opinion.

In 1903, Congress President Lal Mohan Ghose referred to the Darbar of 1903 and stated, 'Nothing could seem more heartless than the spectacle of a great government imposing the heaviest taxation upon the poorest population in the world, and then lavishly spending the money so obtained over fireworks and pompous pageants, while millions of the poor were dying of starvation'

Now Lets come to present

(Terrible famines took place during 1896-97 and 1899-1900 while bubonic plague broke out in Maharashtra killing thousands of Indians.) 

The total a number of coronavirus cases in the country stood at 96,44,222. A total of 482 people died due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. With this, the coronavirus death toll in India climbed to 1,40,182.

( In 1903, Congress President Lal Mohan Ghose referred to the Darbar of 1903 and stated, 'Nothing could seem more heartless than the spectacle of a great government imposing the heaviest taxation upon the poorest population.......) 

The governments are collecting around 204 percent taxes on the base price of petrol, and 150 percent taxes on the base price of diesel.

 In Bihar, an average person had to spend 94 percent of daily state domestic product to buy a litre of petrol and in UP over 50 percent. In China, this was about 4 percent, Vietnam 8 percent and Pakistan 17 percent.

(In 1903, Congress President Lal Mohan Ghose referred to the Darbar of 1903 and stated....and then lavishly spending the money so obtained over fireworks and pompous pageants, while millions of the poor were dying of starvation') 

The Modi government came under a sharp attack from the Opposition for not cutting down on “luxuries” like the Central Vista redevelopment project and construction of a new Parliament building amid the coronavirus outbreak. 

In the second week of April 2020, UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) claimed that about 400 million workers from India’s informal sector are likely to be pushed deeper into poverty due to Covid-19.