"Blatant Lie": Arvind Kejriwal Counters PM's Claim On Migrants' Exodus
NDTV
PM Modi had accused the opposition of being responsible for the countrywide spread of Covid in the initial phase of the pandemic.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the leaders of the ruling Congress and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra today vociferously protested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that they had contributed to the spread of Covid by enabling the migrant labourers to go home after lockdown was declared in 2020. 4 hours before lockdown announced, trains stopped, interstate travel stopped. Migrants- majorly daily wage labourers were left stranded. If looking after them - with food and shelter was wrong in the eyes of the PM, then will make this mistake 100 times over .. for humanity.
Mr Kejriwal declared that the Prime Minister's statement was "blatant lies" and accused him of playing politics on the "sufferings of the people".
"The country hopes that the Prime Minister will be sensitive to those who have suffered the pain of the Corona period, those who have lost their loved ones," his tweet in Hindi read.
In his reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to President's speech, PM Modi had accused the opposition of being responsible for the countrywide spread of Covid in the initial phase of the pandemic.
