Congress, BJP Allege Kerala Government Projecting "Fabricated" Covid Death Figure

COVID-19: The opposition reiterated the charges of death figure mismatch a day after Health Minister Veena George had said the Kerala government has nothing to hide with regard to pandemic-related casualties.

The opposition Congress and BJP on Friday continued to allege mismatch in the COVID-19 deaths reported in Kerala and accused the state government of projecting a "fabricated" figure to save its face in the fight against the pandemic. The opposition reiterated the charges a day after Health Minister Veena George had said the state government has nothing to hide with regard to pandemic-related casualties. The opposition leader in the state Assembly, VD Satheesan said on Friday that there has been mismatch in the death count. The Health Minister was trying to save the government from getting exposed on the deceptive numbers of COVID deaths, he alleged.