File photo of the leader of Congress, P Chidambaram.
Q Chidambaram asked if Prime Minister Modi will hold another ‘Namaste Trump’ rally to honor his “dear friend” a day after US President Donald Trump questioned the credibility of India’s COVID figures.
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Criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for US President Donald Trump’s comments questioning the credibility of India’s COVID figures, Congressional Leader P Chidambaram asked if the Prime Minister will hold another ‘Namaste Trump ‘to honor his “dear friend.” During the first presidential debate before the US elections, President Trump raised doubts about the credibility of India’s COVID-19 count, stating that it was among the countries that did not accurately disclose the number of deaths due to the pandemic.
Reacting to the comments, Chidambaram said: “Mr. Donald Trump associates India with China and Russia and accused the three countries of hiding the number of deaths from COVID. He also accused the three countries of causing the most air pollution.” . “Will Mr. Modi hold another ‘Namaste Trump?’ meet to honor your dear friend? “he said, speaking to Modi about the grand event held in Ahmedabad during the US President’s visit to India in February this year. “‘In 47 months I have done more than you have done in 47 years,’ Donald Trump said yesterday in the presidential debate. If the statement reminds you of someone in India, it is your imagination!” Chidambaram said in a series of tweets.
Trump’s comments came during his first presidential debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who attacked the US president for handling the coronavirus crisis and said the president lied to Americans about the COVID-19 pandemic, It has killed more than 200,000 people and infected more than seven million people in the country. In defense of his handling of the crisis, Trump said “millions” could have died in the United States without his actions.
“When it comes to numbers, it is not known how many people died in China. It is not known how many people died in Russia. It is not known how many people died in India. They do not give exactly you are a correct number. For you to understand,” he said Trump. Trump has repeatedly blamed China, where the coronavirus first appeared in December last year and spread around the world, killing more than a million and infecting more than 30 million people.
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