Rahul makes dig at lockdown impact on Covid-19 cases

June 13, 2020 11:40

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday used a quote, often misattributed to Albert Einstein, to hit out at the government over its lockdown strategy to point out that the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not been halted because of the restrictions.

The former Congress president also used graphs showing the rise in Covid-19 cases during the last four phases of the national lockdown.

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, Gandhi tweeted.

His tweet came on a day India reported 11,455 new Covid-19 cases and 386 deaths, taking its infection tally to 308,993 and its toll to 8,884.

On Friday, he had criticised the governments Covid-19 containment efforts and alleged that Indias fast rise among the nations worst-affected by the coronavirus pandemic across the world was due to a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence.

Rahul Gandhi had also used a graph to show India overtaking other badly-affected countries with a rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

India is firmly on its (sic) way to winning the wrong race. A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence, he had tweeted on Friday.

Rahul Gandhi has been questioning the Centres handling of the coronavirus crisis.

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