BJP govt. lying on COVID-19 death toll: Siddaramaiah
The Hindu
Pandemic9 has claimed 3.5 lakh lives in Karnataka, says former CM
Accusing the BJP government in the State of lying to the people on the death toll in COVID-19, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has estimated that about 3.5 lakh people had died in the State due to the pandemic. Speaking at Sahaya Hasta and Cycle Jatha, two programmes organised by the party in Mysuru to extend a helping hand to people affected by COVID-19 and condemn the fuel price rise respectively, the former Chief Minister said the death toll in the pandemic is ten times the figures cited by the State government. The second wave has claimed a lot more lives than the the first wave, he said. “Though the government claims that the death toll in the State due to COVID-19 is about 35,000, I would estimate the figure to be ten times more”, he said while adding that several of his friends too had died in the pandemic.More Related News