BJP alleged that Nath used the term "Indian corona" during an interaction and noted that even the WHO has clarified that any variant is not named after any country.
Read more about Covid: No global travel ban on India due to Covaxin, says Javadekar on Business Standard. The BJP on Saturday slammed former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath for allegedly linking a coronavirus variant with India
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NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday slammed former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath for allegedly linking a Covid-19 variant with India and accused the Congress of making frequent statements to insult the country and weaken its fight against Covid-19.
Senior BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters that the Congress was not playing the role of a responsible opposition and had instead fallen to doing negative politics.
He alleged that Nath used the term Indian corona during an interaction and noted that even the World Health Organisation (WHO) has clarified that any variant is not named after any country.
The BJP accused Kamal Nath of instigating Congress workers to arson. (File)
Bhopal:
A new controversy has erupted in Madhya Pradesh over a video of former Chief Minister Kamal Nath that the BJP has said shows him inciting Congress workers to conduct arson to ensure farmers get justice . The party has also attacked Mr Nath for criticising the government s handling of the coronavirus crisis in a manner that it says shows India in poor light.
In a 20-second video released by the state s BJP unit, Mr Nath can be seen addressing a virtual meeting and is heard telling the Congress workers that it was the right opportunity to set fire (
Rasheed Kidwai
Senior Journalist and Author
A moment of reckoning has come for Rahul Gandhi. The former AICC chief has to take a call whether he wishes to return as the 87th president of the grand old party or allow a non-Gandhi to head the Congress.
The party’s interim chief, Sonia Gandhi, unwilling to continue particularly after another debacle in the recent Assembly polls in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, has decided to accept the Madhusudan Devram Mistry report that had been gathering dust since January this year. Mistry heads the Congress panel on internal party elections, known as the Central Election Authority (CEA). Though the Covid-19 crisis has been cited to defer these elections, the Gandhis’ game plan seems to be to buy more time.