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NEW DELHI: The BJP stated on Friday that the prime minister has been consulting with top ministers of state and experts on the matter in dealing with Covid-19 as requested Rahul Gandhi act with “wisdom and practicality” and “fight the greatest calamity in human history under the able guidance” of Narendra Modi.
Beating Gandhi after he asked the prime minister to delegate power and make top ministers partners in fighting the pandemic, BJP spokesman and Rajya Sabha member Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the “youth leader of Congress who he is about to complete half a century, at least now he must have some wisdom and practicality. ”
Trivedi said the Modi government has been very receptive to opposition suggestions, but that it should be constructive, adding that it is very typical and characteristic of Gandhi to speak to the media without studying the facts.
The government has already announced an aid package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore and has also secured money in the hands of the poor through direct transfer of benefits to help them overcome difficulties during the coronavirus crisis, he said, responding to demands. Gandhi’s from a special package. and cash transfer to the poor.
Nobel Prize Abhijit Banerjee He also praised the direct transfer of money, he said.
In his recent conversation with the congressional leader, Banerjee had pointed out that the issues migrants face must be handled by local authorities, Trivedi said.
He added, “It is not time to create controversy directly or indirectly. It is time to cooperate and you should try to fight the greatest calamity in human history under the skillful guidance of our Prime Minister.”
The BJP leader invoked the former prime minister Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe poem “Aao milkar diya jalayein” seeks the cooperation of the former president of Congress, comparing the pandemic with a case of an eclipse of the sun at noon.
Gandhi would have had better control of the situation if he had discussed it with his top party leaders and chief ministers, he said.
India is the only country where there are attacks on health and safety personnel for which the government had to issue an ordinance to address such crimes, he said, adding that there is an effort to publicize the issue, with international agencies reaching out to criticize the central government.
Trivedi was apparently referring to allegations that right-wing activists have attacked Muslims for the spread of the coronavirus.
International organizations, he said, have supported the government’s measures to combat the coronavirus.
He noted that before Modi extended the blockade beyond April 14, states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Odisha and Telangana had already done so. They are all states of opposition rules, he added.
Earlier in a press conference, Gandhi said that the fight against COVID-19 cannot be just the PMO’s, and asked the prime minister to delegate power and make states partner in decision-making.
Gandhi said there will be a “calamity” if the fight against the coronavirus is centralized. It also called on the government to adopt transparency in its actions to address the coronavirus and work together with the states.
His comments came after complaints from states governed by Congress that they were being pressured by fiscal problems in the absence of the Center providing them with resources to combat the pandemic.
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