In February 2020, the then US President Donald Trump had visited India and also addressed a public gathering as part of the ‘Namaste Trump’ event at a stadium in Ahmedabad.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition of intimidating migrant workers to flee from Mumbai to their native states COVID-19 Pandemic, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik hit back on Tuesday, claiming the fixation with the ‘prime minister’.hello trumpThis incident was responsible for the spread of coronavirus in the country.
in February 2020 US President Donald Trump visited India And also addressed a public gathering at a stadium in Ahmedabad as part of the ‘Namaste Trump’ event.
Mr Modi said in Lok Sabha on Monday that Congress has “crossed all limits”. COVID-19 pandemic, and accused the party of instigating and intimidating innocent laborers to flee Mumbai to their native states.
Mr Malik, who is also the NCP’s chief spokesperson, said on Tuesday, “When the Maharashtra government was asking for a ban on international flights, your (PM Modi’s) own health minister (Dr Harsh Vardhan at the time) said this. were insisting that the coronavirus infection will not spread.” He claimed, “Modi, in his determination with the ‘Namaste Trump’ event, invited people from all over the world to India and it spread the coronavirus infection to all parts of the country. ,” he claimed.
“Prime Minister Modi is responsible for the spread of coronavirus in the country,” alleged Mr Malik.
The Congress currently shares power with the Shiv Sena and the NCP in Maharashtra.
“You [Modi] Said that we paid for the tickets of the migrants. That’s true, but you organized special trains and we paid for the tickets. We bear the cost of train tickets because you wanted to collect money from migrant laborers and workers,” claimed Mr. Malik.
After the nationwide lockdown in 2020, Indian Railways ran Shramik Special trains for migrant workers.
“When the migrant workers were on their way to their native places, the Uttar Pradesh government had deployed buses for the first time to help the workers reach home. The Bihar government had also done the same. When the lockdown came, you asked people to clap PlateNCP leader said.
He further said that Mr Modi had announced the lockdown without any thought or decision thinking about the consequences. “Crores of people have been harmed by such decisions,” he said.
“Maharashtra government provided food, water and even paid for their [migrant workers] Ticket. You did not provide train service for free,” Mr Malik said.
“We also operated special bus services for migrant workers so that they can reach their native places. We were the ones who stood with the migrant workers,” the minister said.
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