Failure of PM, zero strategy of Centre pushing India towards complete lockdown: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, May 6: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that the failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and zero strategy of the Centre is pushing the country towards a complete lockdown.
Gandhi said he was against a total lockdown and urged the government to provide a financial package for the poor.
"Last year's unplanned lockdown was a fatal attack on the people and that is why I am against a complete lockdown.
"But the prime minister's failure and zero strategy on part of the central government are pushing the country towards a complete lockdown," he said in a tweet in Hindi.
"In such a situation, it is essential to immediately provide a financial package and all kind of help to the poor people," he also said.
In an other tweet, Gandhi hit out at the government over the hike in petrol and diesel prices, saying elections are over and the loot has started again.
The Congress leader has been calling for a financial package for the poor and has asked the government to provide Rs 6,000 into their accounts to tide over the current crisis.
Gandhi had on Wednesday said that imposing a total lockdown is the only solution in the current situation.
India has seen a record number of 4.12 lakh cases and around 4,000 deaths in the last 24 hours and most states have imposed restrictions or imposed a lockdown.
पिछले साल का अनियोजित लॉकडाउन जनता पर घातक वार था इसलिए मैं सम्पूर्ण लॉकडाउन के ख़िलाफ़ हूँ।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 6, 2021
लेकिन PM की नाकामी व केंद्र सरकार की ज़ीरो रणनीति देश को पूर्ण लॉकडाउन की ओर धकेल रहे हैं।
ऐसे में ग़रीब जनता को आर्थिक पैकिज और तुरंत हर तरह की सहायता देना ज़रूरी है।
चुनाव ख़त्म,
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 6, 2021
लूट फिर शुरू!#PetrolDieselPriceHike
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Will vacate one of two assembly seats won in 10 days: BJP''s Suvendu
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur and secured Nandigram for three times in a row in the recent assembly polls, said on Wednesday that he would vacate one of the two constituencies within 10 days.
Adhikari also asserted that the party's central leadership would decide which constituency he would retain.
"I will vacate one seat within 10 days. The party will decide which one I retain. I will not forget my responsibility towards the people of Bhabanipur and Nandigram," he said.
Adhikari on Monday defeated Banerjee in Bhabanipur by over 15,000 votes, puncturing what was long seen as her safest political refuge and delivering a decisive psychological blow to the TMC, amid a sweeping BJP surge across West Bengal.
Addressing party workers and supporters in Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, the BJP leader appealed to them not to take out victory processions immediately and instead maintain peace.
"Do not take out victory rallies now. Maintain peace and discipline. Celebrate after May 9, after taking permission," he told party workers.
State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday announced that the oath-taking ceremony of the new government will be held on May 9 at Brigade Parade Ground.
Referring to alleged attacks on BJP workers during the TMC regime, Adhikari said he would not forget the “atrocities" faced by them and assured them of taking appropriate action against perpetrators through legal processes.
"I was part of the 2011 ‘poribartan’ (change), and now I am part of the real change. I offer my gratitude to the people of Nandigram," Adhikari said.
He was referring to the TMC's victory in 2011 when the Mamata Banerjee party dismantled the 34-year Left Front regime in the state.
Adhikari offered prayers at a Hanuman statue in Nandigram and remembered the BJP workers, who had died in political violence.
"We will work in such a way that the BJP government in Bengal stays for 100 years," he said, expressing hope that the BJP’s vote share in the state would rise from the current 46 per cent to 60 per cent in future elections.
The BJP leader also assured residents of Nandigram of improved drinking water supply and better hospital and education infrastructure.
