Rahul playing politics over COVID-19 crisis, says BJP on Cong. ‘White Paper’

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The BJP on Tuesday accused Rahul Gandhi of playing politics over the coronavirus crisis after the Congress leader released a “white paper” on the Centre’s handling of the pandemic. Releasing the “white paper” prepared by his party, Gandhi said it was clear that the government’s management of the first and second waves of COVID-19 was “disastrous”.

Hours after Gandhi released the document, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra told a press conference, “Since yesterday we have been fearing this. Whenever something good happens in our fight against coronavirus, the Congress and Rahul Gandhi specially do something to derail it.”

“Yesterday was a significant day when India became the first country in the world to administer 87 lakh vaccine doses in one day. People seemed excited and jubilant . There is a feeling that India is winning in its fight against coronavirus, just then Rahul Gandhi spoke of white paper and tried to derail it,” he said.