Congressman Shashi Tharoor criticized the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Center for failing to handle the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, saying that Pakistan has done better than India in controlling the outbreak of the deadly disease. .
The congressional leader made the controversial comments while speaking at the Lahore Literature Festival. In his virtual speech, Tharoor said: “The Indian government is not doing well and people realize this. Rahul Gandhi mentioned as early as February that COVID-19 must be taken seriously, otherwise India will face catastrophe. economic, so you should get credit. “
Tharoor also accused the Modi government of defaming Tablighi Jamaat to justify intolerance and discrimination against Muslims.
Meanwhile, coronavirus cases in India are approaching 75 lakh on Sunday (October 17) with 61,871 new infections reported in the past 24 hours. According to data from the Ministry of Health, the total coronavirus count in the country is 74,94,551. The number of cases experienced a drop of 11,776 from Saturday.
Of the total cases, 7,83,311 are active cases and 65,97,210 are cured / discharged / migrated cases. Active cases of coronavirus infection in the country comprise 10.45 percent of the total case. The recovery rate in India is 88.03 percent, while the death rate is 1.52 percent.
The death toll from coronavirus rose to 1,14,031 and the virus claimed 1,033 lives in a 24-hour period according to data from the Ministry of Health. The number of active cases of coronavirus infection remained below 8 lakh for the second day in a row.
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India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and 40 lakh on September 5. It went from 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.
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