Sonia perhaps regretting why India didn’t turn out to be like her native Italy: BJP spokesperson

NEW DELHI: BJP has countered the Congress-led opposition charge of laxities in the fight against Covid-19 by the Narendra Modi government, saying Sonia Gandhi and her party are indulging in “drama and petty, cynical politics” on the issue.

“The whole world is appreciative of our handling of Covid-19 crisis and the lockdown strategy in controlling the spread of the pandemic in India,” BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member GVL Narasimha Rao said. “Sonia Gandhi is perhaps regretting why India didn't turn out to be like her native Italy.”

He cited a study by Indian Statistical Institute that said India averted about 2 million cases and up to 78,000 deaths by imposing the lockdown at the right time and implemented it effectively. “It is Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Vadra who have played cruel jokes and played cynical politics on migrant workers. They did nothing for migrant workers except the mother-daughter duo making grand announcements,” Rao said.


He accused Sonia Gandhi and her family of “indulging in drama and petty politics at a time of national crisis”.

“Sonia and her family did nothing to contribute to nation’s united fight against the pandemic,” he said.