Pak and Afghanistan handled Covid better than India, Rahul Gandhi hits out at Modi govt
Last updated on: 16 October,2020 10:27 pm
Rahul Gandhi slams Modi government over COVID-19 handling
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the Narendra Modi-led Bhatrtia Janta Party (BJP) government its over handling of coronavirus pandemic, saying that even Pakistan and Afghanistan controlled COVID better than India.
Gandhi took a swipe at the government on Twitter by tagging a chart that showed IMF growth projections for 2020-21 for Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, China, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and India.
The chart showed that Pakistan and Afghanistan are expected to experience a dip of 0.40% and 5% in their GDP growth this fiscal whereas India’s GDP is likely to shrink by 10.3%, the highest contraction among the countries mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi wrote: Another solid achievement by the BJP government. Even Pakistan and Afghanistan handled Covid better than India."
The Congress leader has repeatedly targeted the Central government and Bharatiya Janata Party on various issues pertaining to governance, COVID-19 and the economy.
According to Johns Hopkins University, there are 321,877 COVID-19 cases in Pakistan and 40,026 in Afghanistan. However, it is important to note that they are significantly less populated countries when compared to India.
On Wednesday, Gandhi had said that Bangladesh is set to overtake India in terms of per capita GDP due to BJP s hate-filled cultural nationalism.
Gandhi, through his tweet, attributed the dip in India s numbers to BJP s political agenda which he said has been carried out in the six years of its rule at the Centre.
"Solid achievement of six years of BJP s hate-filled cultural nationalism: Bangladesh set to overtake India," Gandhi said.