Shiv Sena's 'Saamana': "Government 'released Covid-19 virus' to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra"
"The government could not stop the Congress"s yatra by law or by conspiracy so it seems the Union government has released the "Covid-19" virus," an editorial in Saamana, the political mouthpiece of the Thackeray camp said.
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Mumbai, Dec 22: In a recent editorial pubished in Shiv Sena's 'Saamana', the newspaper has blamed the government to strategize Covid 19 to stop Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Thursday (Dec 22) slammed the Centre over its letter sent to Congress Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot urging them to consider suspending or postponing the Bharat Jodo Yatra if Covid protocols could not be followed.
"Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has suggested either follow Covid protocol in the Bharat Jodo Yatra or stop the foot march. Rahul Gandhi has completed 100 days of his Bharat Jodo Yatra and is receiving mass support on a large scale. The government could not stop it by law or by conspiracy so it seems the Union government has released the 'Covid-19' virus," an editorial in Saamana, the political mouthpiece of the Thackeray camp said.
"The fear of rising in Covid cases due to the rush of the 'Bharat Jodo' yatra is right. But three years ago when Corona wreaked havoc, you were the one who invited the then US President Trump to Gujarat and gathered lakhs of people in his honour," the magazine said further. Earlier on Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had written to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asking them to strictly follow the COVID-19 guidelines during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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"Follow the COVID guidelines strictly during Bharat Jodo Yatra which is going on in Rajasthan. Use of masks-sanitiser should be implemented. Only vaccinated people should participate," the Health Minister said in the letter. Mandaviya has also requested postponing the foot march if the Congress is unable to follow protocol. "If following COVID protocol is not possible then the Bharat Jodo Yatra be postponed in the national interest, taking note of the public health emergency," the letter further stated.