Congress president Sonia Gandhi addressed a meeting of leaders and representatives of 22 opposition parties to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the country, in which she accused the Narendra Modi government of junking the “spirit of federalism”.
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After ratcheting up the India-Nepal border dispute, Nepal PM KP Oli blamed India for the spread of coronavirus in his country and said the “Indian virus is more lethal than the Chinese or Italian virus”.
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Former Union minister and senior Congress member Jairam Ramesh accused PM Narendra Modi of lying and described him as “jagadguru of jhoot” for saying the ₹20 lakh stimulus package to help the coronavirus-hit economy was 10% of India’s GDP.
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The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, assailed the Centre over the stimulus package announced to infuse life into the coronavirus-hit economy and called it a “big zero” with “nothing in it to help the states”.
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Rahul Gandhi said the country was crying seeing the plight of the poor migrant labourers who are travelling 100s and sometimes 1,000s of kilometres on foot to their native places and urged PM Narendra Modi to deposit ₹7,500 in their accounts.
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Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said the Gujarat coronavirus situation will stabilize if Anandiben Patel, the state’s former chief minister, is brought back to her old post as CM.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, in which he said those who are engaged in the service of humanity are Buddha’s true followers.
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said the Tablighi Jamaat responsible for “crime” of spreading the coronavirus infection in UP and elsewhere in this country.
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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has termed the government’s coronavirus-tracking app, Aarogya Setu, is a “sophisticated surveillance system” and raised concerns over its security credentials on data and privacy-related issues.
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Former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian said India must plan for substantially negative growth this year and be ready to spend an additional Rs 10 lakh crore since its economy is facing a calamity following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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