Rahul Gandhi Slams Narendra Modi, Says ‘Unplanned Lockdown Product of Ego of a Man, Causing Coronavirus to Spread Across Country’
"The coronavirus cases in the country will cross the 50-lakh cases mark this week and there would be 10 lakh active cases. The implementation of an unplanned lockdown is a product of a person's ego causing the coronavirus to spread across the country," tweeted the Congress leader.
New Delhi, September 14: The implementation of an "unplanned lockdown" is the product of ego of a man resulting in COVID-19 spreading across the country, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday.
"The coronavirus cases in the country will cross the 50-lakh cases mark this week and there would be 10 lakh active cases. The implementation of an unplanned lockdown is a product of a person's ego causing the coronavirus to spread across the country," tweeted the Congress leader. Also Read | What is UAPA? Know All About The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, The Law Under Which Umar Khalid Has Been Arrested.
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He further slammed the Centre saying that the Prime Minister "is busy with peacocks". "The Modi government has asked people to be "atmanirbhar" (self-reliant) i.e. you yourself save your own life because the PM is busy with peacocks," he tweeted (translated from Hindi). Also Read | Inter-State Sex Racket Busted in Kanpur, 9 Girls Rescued.
Meanwhile, with a spike of 92,071 new cases in 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count breached the 48-lakh mark on Monday, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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