Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is continuing his criticism of the Narendra Modi government's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
On Thursday, Rahul took aim at comments by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan that the coronavirus situation in India was under control. Rahul tweeted, "The health minister saying that the Indian Govt has the #coronavirus crisis under control, is like the Capt of the Titanic telling passengers not to panic as his ship was unsinkable. It's time the Govt made public an action plan backed by solid resources to tackle this crisis."
Harsh Vardhan had told Parliament that "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is regularly monitoring the situation personally. A group of ministers has been constituted to keep an eye on the situation. Video conferences are being held with states every other day."
On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi tweeted that Modi should quit "wasting India's time playing the clown" with his social media accounts when the country was facing an "emergency" over the coronavirus.
Interestingly, Rahul Gandhi's tweet came after an MP from Rajasthan sought a probe into whether the coronavirus cases in the country originated in the "home" of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi's mother and Congress chief.
Congress members stormed the well of the Lok Sabha as soon as Hanuman Beniwal said there should be a probe on whether coronavirus is being spread from the "home" of Congress President Sonia Gandhi as a large number of people who were found to be affected by the virus are from Italy.
Fourteen Italians have tested positive for coronavirus in India.
"Earlier, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that party leader Rahul Gandhi had forewarned the government on the impending threat from coronavirus. There should be a probe to find out if the spread of the virus originated from Sonia Gandhi's home," the Rajasthan MP remarked.
