"Tweet A Day Won't...": BJP's Comeback At Rahul Gandhi On Covid Claims

Rahul Gandhi should speak to his chief ministers and ask them to take proper measures, Sambit Patra said.

The BJP on Thursday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi for his allegation that the government was "lying" about the COVID-19 fatalities, saying he "knows nothing and speaks everything" and referred to the high number of casualties in opposition-ruled states like Maharashtra to attack the Congress leader. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra noted that Maharashtra, where the Congress is in the ruling alliance, has reported the highest number of deaths and that there is a "huge discrepancy" between actual deaths and what has been projected by the Rajasthan government, a Congress-ruled state. "Rather than existing in the republic of Twitter and playing this tweet game" Gandhi should pick up the phone and speak to chief ministers of states where his party is in power, he said, alleging that the Congress leader's priority has always been to spread lies and misinformation. "He will never get down to the ground and do any act of service. He will post one tweet daily. One tweet a day will not drive the corona away," Mr Patra said at a virtual press conference.