Sonia Gandhi slammed BJP Govt for spreading Communal Virus
congress President sonia gandhi on thursday accused the bjp of spreading the virus of communal prejudice and hatred in the country. She added that "grave damage" has been done to social harmony. gandhi, addressing a meeting of the congress Working Committee, the party's highest decision-making body, said the country needs to fight the COVID-19 pandemic unitedly. This is the second time the CWC is meeting through video-conferencing in the past three weeks ever since the lockdown was enforced to contain the coronavirus threat.
She said "Let me also share with you something that should worry each and every one of us as Indians. When we should be tackling the coronavirus unitedly, the bjp continues to spread the virus of communal prejudice and hatred". She added "Grave damage is being done to our social harmony. Our party, we will have to work hard to repair that damage". Perhaps former prime minister manmohan singh, former congress president rahul gandhi and top congress leaders attended the meeting through video conference. She said "Unfortunately, they have been acted upon only partially and in a miserly way. The compassion, large-heartedness and alacrity that should be forthcoming from the central government is conspicuous by its absence".
The congress chief said the focus of the party must continue to be on successfully engaging with health, food security and livelihood issues.She claimed that around 12 crore people have lost jobs in the first phase of the lockdown and urged the government to provide a relief package for the MSME sector, which accounts for one-third of the GDP.On the migrants' issue, gandhi called upon the government to provide food and financial security to migrants and jobless stranded at various places and were desperate to reach back home.