In his latest jibe targeting the government, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stated that the crisis of the resurge of the Covid19 comprises a “Tughlaqi lockdown, ringing bells and singing praises to the lord”. The comment came when India recorded 2,17,353 daily coronavirus cases, the highest number since the first case was recorded last year.

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Mr. Gandhi tweeted in Hindi which translates into, “The Central government’s COVID-19 strategy- Stage 1- Impose a Tughlaqi lockdown, Stage 2- Ring bells, Stage 3- Sing praises to the Lord.”

Rahul Gandhi has been sharply critical of the handling of the Covid19 pandemic by Modi-led government. Earlier this week, he had taken a jibe at the government after it decided to fast-track emergency approval for Covid vaccines used in western nations and Japan.

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Mr. Gandhi had earlier urged the government to fast-track more vaccines from multiple sources. GOI had then approved for the SputnikV vaccine from Russia for restricted use in emergency situations. After the development, he tweeted, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Rahul Gandhi had faced relentless harsh criticism by the ruling BJP through its IT cell and propaganda units for his demand.

The new move by GOI taking a cue from Mr. Gandhi’s tweet paves way for possible imports of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna shots.

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Mr Gandhi’s party, the Grand old party of India, Indian National Congress, in the past also has compared some of the government’s decisions to those taken by Delhi Sultanate ruler Muhammad bin Tughlaq, to allege that they were arbitrary and not well thought out.

INC had also taken swipes at the government over its “taali-thaali” call last year in which people across India clapped, rang bells, blew conch shells and beat metal plates in solidarity with health workers fighting the novel coronavirus. Visibly, taali-thaali strategy did not pan out well given the current resurge of Covid19.

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The total caseload has been pushed to over 1.42 crore with the record 2.17 lakh daily cases reported today. It is the second straight day that the country is reporting over two lakh daily cases and the sixth straight day of over 1.5 lakh daily cases. A total of 1,185 people also died due to the virus in the last 24 hours taking the country’s death count to 1,74,308.

The head-turning worrisome spike in daily cases has led to shortages of hospital beds, oxygen, medicines, and vaccine doses in many states in the country.