On Sonia Gandhi's Attack, BJP Says Cheap Politics

On Sonia Gandhi's Attack, BJP Says Cheap Politics
New Delhi:

Stung by Sonia Gandhi accusing it of "spreading the virus of communal hatred" at a time it should be fighting coronavirus, the ruling BJP today said the Congress president should not do "cheap politics".

"We are not creating communal divisions. We are unitedly fighting COVID-19. We request them to not do cheap politics. They must not indulge in small politics," Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, shortly after Sonia Gandhi took on the ruling party at a Congress leadership meet.

In her opening remarks at a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sonia Gandhi said the BJP was doing "grave damage" to social harmony when everyone should be fighting coronavirus unitedly.

"Let me also share with you something that should worry each and every one of us as Indians. When we should be tackling the coronavirus unitedly, the BJP continues to spread the virus of communal prejudice and hatred," said the Congress chief.

"Grave damage is being done to our social harmony. Our party, we will have to work hard to repair that damage."

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and top Congress leaders attended the meeting through video conference.

Sonia Gandhi said the coronavirus pandemic had increased disturbingly in the past three weeks in both spread and speed. She also commented that she had written several times to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since the lockdown was enforced and had suggested several measures and constructive cooperation.

"Unfortunately, they have been acted upon only partially and in a miserly way. The compassion, large-heartedness and alacrity that should be forthcoming from the central government is conspicuous by its absence," she said.

The CWC, in its resolution, expressed concern that the BJP was "seeking to inflame communal divides even as the country battles COVID-19".

"As a nation, we must be wary of forces that seek to polarise the country in times of a crisis such as these," said the statement adopted by the Congress's top panel.

World

Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 26,38,839 and 1,83,820 have died; 17,39,403 are active cases and 7,15,616 have recovered as on April 23, 2020 at 3:29 pm.

India

In India, there are 21,393 confirmed cases including 681 deaths. The number of active cases is 16,454 and 4,258 have recovered as on April 23, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

5652

4594

789

269

Gujarat

2407

2125

179

103

Delhi

2248

1476

724

48

Rajasthan

1890

1633

230

27

Tamil Nadu

1629

949

662

18

Madhya Pradesh

1592

1364

148

80

Uttar Pradesh

1449

1255

173

21

Telangana

945

728

194

23

Andhra Pradesh

813

669

120

24

West Bengal

456

362

79

15

Kerala

438

112

323

3

Karnataka

427

279

131

17

Jammu And Kashmir

407

310

92

5

Haryana

262

119

140

3

Punjab

251

186

49

16

Bihar

143

95

46

2

Odisha

83

50

32

1

Jharkhand

49

38

8

3

Uttarakhand

46

23

23

0

Himachal Pradesh

40

21

18

1

Chhattisgarh

36

10

26

0

Assam

35

15

19

1

Chandigarh

27

13

14

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

18

7

11

0

Ladakh

18

4

14

0

Meghalaya

12

11

0

1

Puducherry

7

4

3

0

Goa

7

0

7

0

Manipur

2

0

2

0

Tripura

2

1

1

0

Mizoram

1

1

0

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

0

1

0

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