Congress refuses to implement Covid protocol in Bharat Jodo Yatra as advised by govt
On Wednesday, December 21, Congress leader and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claimed that the Bhartiya Janata Party is alarmed by seeing the popularity of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Gehlot said this after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya penned a letter to him and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cautioning them in the wake of increasing COVID cases in China. Notably, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had urged the Congress leaders to follow standard Covid guidelines as new cases of the pandemic are rising in several countries, including China where it has reached alarming levels. Mandaviya further suggested that in case it is not possible to follow the Covid protocols, Congress should consider suspending the Yatra in wake of a “public health emergency.” Union Health Minister’s letter to Rahul Gandhi Instead of taking Minister Mandaviya’s letter seriously and acting accordingly, Gehlot and other Congress leaders are politicising a serious health issue like Covid. In January this year, Karnataka Congress leader, DK Shivakumar had called Corona as “BJP’s creation.” Just like Ashok Gehlot today ignored the threat posed by Covid, Shivakumar had back then said that he will continue with his padyatra to expedite Mekedatu reservoir project saying that “there is no covid in the country and that it is all created by BJP as it is scared of his padyatra.” In 2020, Congress leader Harjit Bhatti had in a tweet claimed that healthcare workers in Assam Medical College were “forced” to cover themselves in plastic bags.
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