Key sentence:
- Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi suspended all of his public appearances in West Bengal.
- In recent
weeks, West Bengal, like the rest of the region, has seen an increase in Covid-19
cases.
Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader,
suspended all of his public appearances in West Bengal, where polling in three
of the eight-phase assembly election is still to take place, just hours after
mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for attracting huge crowds to his rallies.
A Tweet by
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi:
“In light of the Covid situation,
I’ve decided to call a halt to all public rallies in West Bengal. I will urge
all political leaders to carefully consider the implications of holding major
public rallies in the current situation “He sent out a tweet.
He has only conducted two rallies throughout the state till now, and was set to campaign in the districts of Malda and Murshidabad until the sixth phase of elections on April 22.
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Rahul Gandhi used
to poke PM by Tweets:
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi used
Twitter to poke fun at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who thanked the citizens
of West Bengal for attending his political rallies in large numbers during
Saturday.
PM Modi told a rally in Asansol that
he wanted to file a “complaint” towards the people because he had
visited the city twice before, since the Lok Sabha elections, and had never
witnessed such a large crowd.
As the PM
Narendra Modi stated:
“During the Lok Sabha elections,
I came here twice.” When I ran for Prime Minister and asked for your
favor. I came here the last time to ask for votes for Babulji (Union minister
Babul Supriyo). I came the first time to solicit your votes for myself.
The audience, however, was just a half
of the size Today, however, I see massive crowds throughout all directions…
“You have demonstrated your strength today, and I can see a flood of people
everywhere I look,” Prime Minister Modi said.
Rahul Gandhi’s
reply to PM’s Tweet:
In reply, Rahul Gandhi stated that
there had never been so many sick individuals or so many deaths. “That’s
also the first time that such large crowds of ill people have been seen, as
well as a record number of fatalities,” his tweet read, loosely translated
through Hindi.
West Bengal has
seen an increase in Covid-19 cases:
In recent weeks, West Bengal, like the
rest of the region, has seen an increase in Covid-19 cases. The overall number
of instances in the state increased to 6,51,508 after 7,713 new cases were
reported on Saturday. The virus has claimed the lives of 10,540 people in the
state.
The West Bengal assembly election’s
Phases 6, 7, and 8 will be held on April 22, 26, and 29, respectively. On May
2, the votes will be counted.
