When Rome was burning, Nero was playing on his flute. The situation has worsened now. Rome is burning and Nero is campaigning to win an election which ultimately will lead to an absolute majority in both houses of the parliament and thus ensure a power to legislate without caring for the opposition or the nation. The desperation is clear in the words spoken in the election rallies. Indian democracy has lost its dignity in the last few years and elections have become more vulgar as far as the language, gestures and content of the demagogues’ speeches are concerned. The entire rhetoric has been focused on non-issues and real issues affecting the lives of millions of people have been shelved aside. The second wave of COVID19 has hit and on 18th April 20, 2021 nearly 2.6lakh new cases were reported. Deaths are not being reported by the state machineries and people are dying in the absence of oxygen cylinders, beds in the hospitals and proper medicines. From November, 2020 to January2021 the numbers of people infected had fallen which was a proper time to think , plan and implement the steps for facing the second wave which had hit other nations. “We were quite lucky to have this wonderful window of opportunity between November and January when the curve was falling across India,” said Virender Singh Chauhan, former director of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering Biotechnology. “Unfortunately, it served to instill a false sense of security. Everyone thought the virus had magically disappeared when anyone with a basic idea of infectious diseases knew it was lurking very much within us and could strike anytime…There are several things we should have done during this time but, I have to say it, we messed it up big time,” Chauhan said. This opportunity was lost as the priority of the party in the central government and the Prime Minister was different. If one tries to compare the schedule of the election campaign of the Prime Minister and Home minister with the rise in Corona cases in the country. Elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry are being held from March 27 and the results will be announced on May 2. Bengal goes to vote in eight phases - March 27, April 1, April 6, April 10, April 17, April 22, April 26 and April 29. Tamil Nadu and Kerala voted in a single round on April 6. Puducherry also voted on the same day. Assam voted on March 27, April 1 and April 6. Polls will be held for 294 seats in West Bengal, 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, 140 seats in Kerala, 126 seats in Assam and 30 seats in the union territory of Puducherry. It was demanded again and again that eight phased elections should be compressed in two or three phases but the election commission did not agree. Every one knows that the longer the election schedule is , the better it is for the party which has bigger man power and resources to mobilize. The Prime Minister started his rallies in West Bengal from March 18 and addressed a rally in Asansol on 17th April when the tally of Corona cases was 2.34 lakhs and the total was more than 16 lakhs. The Home Minister has almost pitched his tents in the East campaigning in Bihar, Assam and Bengal. It is pretty evident that they are little concerned with the toll of deaths day by day.Many ministers have got infected, today congress leaders Dr.Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi have also been reported positive. It is a national medical emergency. But the Nero is busy campaigning. This lust for power has never been witnessed in Indian Parliamentary history.