In a repeat attack against Rahul Gandhi in last 24 hours, the BJP on Wednesday denounced him for alleging that lockdown was ineffective, BJP on Wednesday charged him with playing a “negative” role and weakening country’s resolve in its fight against the pandemic.
Addressing a press conference, senior BJP leader and union Minister Ravishankar Prasad said since the break-out of the pandemic, Congress leader was telling “lies, distorting and misrepresenting facts”.
Maintaining that lockdown was very timely and manged to restrict death to 4,345 only in country of 137 crore people. On the other hand, Prasad said barring China, 15 big-countries including the USA, Italy, Germany, UK, France, Russia and Iran, with total population of 142 crore had by May 26 had casualties to the tune of three lakh forty three thousand and five hundred and sixty two.
This he said happened under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who he claimed was “ Playing on the front foot”. Rahul in his criticism of the government had said that Modi was not playing on the backfoot while taking measures to contain pandemic.
Prasad accused Rahul of spreading negativity, engaging in falsehood, fake news and incorrect representation of the facts.
He said Rahul had ridiculed symbolic gesture of ringing bells, striking ‘thalis’, clapping and lightening of ‘Diyas’ saying this will not defeat coronavirus even though these were aimed to boost morale of Corona warriors, he said.
Taking a swipe at the Congress leader, Prasad said while his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad is declared as “hot spot” by the health ministry, Rahul was congratulating himself for ‘succeeding’ in containing pandemic in his LS seat.
Prasad also accused Rahul of taking credit for the success of Bhilwara model of lockdown in Rajasthan which effectively contained coronavirus in the district in the early phase of the pandemic and levelling false charges against ICMR.
He also condemned Rahul for congratulating three Pulitzer prize winner who he alleged were awarded for
giving an insight into the so-called freedom struggle in the valley.
Similarly, he said the Congress leader wants Government to bring back Nirav Modi , businessmen accused of bank fraud, from England, one of the Congress member and former high
court judge Abhay Thipsay was backs Modi in the case and gives the fugitive a clean chit. “ This is the difference between what he says and what he does”, said Prasad.
Union Minister said Congress leader was running away from his party’s responsibility in running the ShivSena-led- government in Maharashtra which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country
The BJP leader said Rahul has been tweeting on the need to provide trains for the stranded migrant workers even though the Centre was already providing them for taking them to their native places.
On Tuesday, another Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had claimed that the lockdown had
effectively checked the doubling rate of Coronavirus in the country and made light of Rahul’s charge of “shoddy management” of pandemic by the Modi-Governrment.
