Assembly elections results in the two neighbouring states offer plenty of takeaways on potentials and limits of polarisation as a potent campaign tool.
India now has the world’s fastest-growing Covid-19 caseload, adding 273,810 new infections and 1,619 deaths on Monday, leaving it behind only the US in terms of total numbers.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces growing criticism across the political spectrum for holding large election rallies as the country’s health system reels from a deadly wave of Covid-19 cases, forcing citizens to beg for oxygen and hospital beds on Twitter.
Modi avoided wearing a mask at a campaign rally on Saturday, saying “I’ve never seen such huge crowds” at an event in West Bengal. That night he said “India had defeated Covid last year and India can do it again” following a virtual meeting with health officials who spoke of critical shortages of drugs, vaccines and other supplies in a nation that has seen a string of new daily records in the past two weeks.
The Straits Times
Modi under fire for campaigning as India reels from coronavirus deaths
PM Narendra Modi (centre) waves to supporters in a rally meeting during at Kawakhali on the outskirts of Siliguri, on April 10, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
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