Hashtag Politics | Congress takes on Mansukh Mandaviya over Covid letter: ‘Goal is to disturb Bharat Jodo Yatra’
Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday drew a robust response from the Congress after he urged Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to contemplate suspending the Bharat Jodo Yatra if Covid protocols can’t be adhered to. Mandaviya wrote to Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday after three MPs — PP Chaudhary, Nihal Chand, and Devji Patel — requested him that Covid protocols, together with the usage of masks and sanitisers, be strictly adopted through the march and solely these vaccinated be allowed to take part.
On Wednesday morning, Gehlot responded to the minister in a sequence of tweets, accusing the BJP of trying to suppress the groundswell of help for the Congress that the Yatra had generated. “The Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan concluded on the morning of December 21, however the BJP and the Modi authorities are so frightened of the massive crowd that gathered right here that the Union Well being Minister is writing a letter on December 20 to Mr Rahul Gandhi to comply with the Covid protocol in Rajasthan,” the CM wrote.
Gehlot went on to say, “This clearly reveals that BJP’s goal is to disturb the Bharat Jodo Yatra, fearing the rising public help. Two days in the past the Prime Minister held a rally in Tripura the place no Covid protocol was adopted. Through the second wave of Covid, the PM addressed enormous rallies in Bengal. If the aim of the Union Well being Minister was not political, then his concern is justified, then he ought to have written the primary letter to the prime minister.”
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera accused the federal government of selectively selecting on the Bharat Jodo Yatra. He stated the BJP was organising yatras in Karnataka and Rajasthan, and requested if Mandaviya had despatched letters to their organisers too.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury additionally took goal on the ruling occasion. “I need to ask the BJP, ‘Did PM Modi comply with Covid protocols throughout Gujarat Polls?’ I believe Mansukh Mandaviya will not be liking Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra however individuals are liking it and becoming a member of it. Mandaviya has been deputed to divert the general public’s consideration,” ANI quoted Chowdhury as saying.
His fellow occasion MP Karti Chidambaram stated, “I haven’t seen the letter however what are the Covid protocols at the moment? We don’t appear to be having any enforceable Covid protocols in some other public gatherings. Why this sudden consideration to Bharat Jodo Yatra if not that it’s rankling the BJP?”
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