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Known bbc news, its time for hardtalk dash now on bbc news. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In some countries, the coronavirus pandemic has enhanced unity and solidarity. In others, it has exposed deep fault lines. In india, its the poor Migrant Workers whove been hardest hit by the crisis, which has also seen heightened tensions between the hindu majority and the muslim minority. My guest today is the general secretary of the ruling hindu nationalist bjp party, ram madhav. Is Prime Minister modi stoking intercommunal tensions even in this time of National Emergency . Ram madhav in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let us begin with the coronavirus situation in your country. Officials in your government have proclaimed the success of your lockdown policy, have pointed to a relatively low number of deaths, but right now, we see the curve the infection rate curve in india seems to be rising, and rising alarmingly. Do you think your government has been complacent . We are 15
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In some countries, the coronavirus pandemic has enhanced unity and solidarity. In others, it has exposed deep fault lines. In india, its the poor Migrant Workers whove been hardest hit by the crisis, which has also seen heightened tensions between the hindu majority and the muslim minority. My guest today is the general secretary of the ruling hindu nationalist bjp party, ram madhav. Is Prime Minister modi stoking intercommunal tensions even in this time of National Emergency . Ram madhav in delhi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let us begin with the coronavirus situation in your country. Officials in your government have proclaimed the success of your lockdown policy, have pointed to a relatively low number of deaths, but right now, we see the curve the infection rate curve in india seems to be rising, and rising alarmingly. Do you think your government has been complacent . We are 15 of the worlds population, yet if
In Northern Ireland. And whilst its gonna be another very warm day for many today, the outlook is for it to turn much, much cooler. Whats happening . Well, weve been dominated by High Pressure for weeks now, which has brought us the warm and sunny weather. The high is retreating into the atlantic, and to the north of that weather front, there is much cooler air. That cooler air will get swept down across the whole of the country later this week as a northerly wind develops. There is likely to be some rain around as well. Now early morning, weve got rain across the far north of scotland. Otherwise, its dry, clear, temperatures typically 8 11. And once any early mist and fog patches clear away from england and wales, its going to be another sunny, warm day for many places. But weve got rain in northern scotland, where its cooler, and we could see showers and cloud developing further south across scotland into the far north of england later, and also potentially in Northern Ireland. So he
Political parties are unwilling to do the work of building a comprehensive public system bottom-up and citizens do not see it as an electoral concern either.