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Rahul weakening fight against Covid-19, says law minister

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 5/27/2020 11:52:11 PM

KT NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, May 27: Union Law and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for spreading lies and trying to weaken the country's resolve to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Talking to reporters here, alleged that Rahul is misleading the nation by resorting to falsehood. He said, Rahul Gandhi is trying to weaken the resolve of the country by spreading negativity, working against the nation in times of crisis and spreading false facts and false news.
He said the Congress leader had earlier said that lockdown is not a solution against COVID-19, but on the contrary, the Congress party's own governments in Punjab and Rajasthan imposed lockdowns and Maharashtra also extended it till 31st of this month.
He said Rahul also levelled false allegations against the NDA Government that fares are being charged from the migrant workers on Shramik Special trains. Prasad said, many times, the government has clarified that no fare is being charged from the migrant workers as 85 per cent is being borne by the Ministry of Railways and 15 per cent by the States.
He regretted that instead of supporting the government in this crisis, Rahul has turned a blind eye to the Prime Minister successfully uniting the country through lockdown that resulted in India reporting less deaths due to corona virus in comparison to the other developed countries.
Prasad said Rahul Gandhi also accused the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has created a mess in the purchase and for the first time ICMR had to explain that it has not made any such purchase since no payments were made for the supplies and refused payments for the faulty equipment.
In reply to a question, he said more than 11 crore people of the country have downloaded Arogya Setu App and it is completely safe in the case of privacy.