Why not Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat?’: Trinamool on Covid-19 team in Bengal in hindi English
Why not Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat?’: Trinamool on Covid-19 team in Bengal On Tuesday, while addressing the media, O’Brien and the party’s Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay accused the Centre of playing politics during a national crisis. Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha leader and national spokesperson Derek O’Brien alleged on Tuesday that while the states in India were fighting a battle against novel coronavirus, the Narendra Modi-led Central government was fighting some states instead of fighting the virus. “About 70%-80% of the districts chosen for the Central teams’ visits are from states ruled by opposition parties. Why no district from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat is part of the list?” O’Brien asked. “All states are fighting corona but we are sad to note that the Centre is fighting a battle against some states,” O’Brien said. The MP termed the sending of central teams to the state without consulting the state government in advance as an “anti-federal campaign.” ...