Bengaluru: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao issued a stern warning to the Modi government, stating that farmers would undoubtedly teach the government a lesson if it continues to behave like Hitler's regime. He emphasised the gravity of the situation, noting that each farmer's death resulting from the government's crackdown on protesters will be like the final nail on its coffin.
Expressing deep concern over the use of force against protesting farmers, Gundu Rao criticised the BJP-led government in Haryana for resorting to tear gas against farmers demanding their rights, leading to the tragic death of one farmer. He condemned the central government for treating the farmers' peaceful struggle as a rebellion, urging for patience and understanding in addressing their legitimate grievances.
The minister strongly criticised the government's aggressive measures, such as building walls and using tear gas, and questioned the Prime Minister's apparent indifference to the farmers' plight. He stressed on the point that such actions are unbecoming of a democratically elected government and unprecedented in the treatment of farmers in the country's history.
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ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.