Save yourself as PM busy with Peacock: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Nation Now

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been constantly criticizing the government over its handling of the pandemic, this morning attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi yet again as he said people of the country have to “save their own lives because PM is busy with peacock” amid sharp surge in coronavirus cases.

“India’s coronavirus cases will cross 50 lakh this week and active cases will cross 10 lakh. Unplanned lockdown was the gift of one man’s ego, which led to the spread of coronavirus across the country. Modi government said “be self-reliant (atmanirbhar)”… which meant “save your own lives” because the Prime Minister is busy with peacock,” the 50-year-old MP from Kerala’s Wayanad wrote in Hindi, referring to PM Modi’s call for “self-reliance”.

In a single tweet, he attacked the Prime Minister over spike in Covid cases and accused the government of implementing the lockdown without a plan. He also referred to a video PM Modi shared last month on his official Instagram handle. The video, shared with a poem in Hindi, shows PM Modi spending time with peacocks at his Lok Kalyan Marg residence . The Prime Minister is seen in the clip feeding a peahen inside his residence and performing morning exercise in other visuals.

Mr Gandhi, who is missing the first part of the parliament monsoon session that began today, has often said the government’s unplanned coronavirus lockdown led to loss of lives and left lakhs jobless.

Mr Gandhi left to go abroad last week with his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for her annual check-up.

कोरोना संक्रमण के आँकड़े इस हफ़्ते 50 लाख और ऐक्टिव केस 10 लाख पार हो जाएँगे।

अनियोजित लॉकडाउन एक व्यक्ति के अहंकार की देन है जिससे कोरोना देशभर में फैल गया।

मोदी सरकार ने कहा आत्मनिर्भर बनिए यानि अपनी जान ख़ुद ही बचा लीजिए क्योंकि PM मोर के साथ व्यस्त हैं।

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 14, 2020

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