Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi criticises Centre, says ‘burying head in sand is not being positive’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi government was betraying citizens and hiding facts about the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic under the garb of “spreading positivity”.

Gandhi said the government was trying to ignore truths and negative information about the pandemic by burying its “head in the sand”.

The Congress leader shared a news clip that said the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre was planning to launch a “positivity campaign”. As per the report, authorities were thinking of going as far as asking for a modification in the Delhi government’s daily bulletin to reflect the number of people who tested negative, instead of giving a count of total positive cases in a day.

The idea was to counter widespread anger and criticism directed toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its handling of the second wave, according to NDTV. As part of these efforts, the BJP along with its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is now trying to connect better with the masses and highlight the positive work that is being done by the government, the channel reported.

In his tweet, Gandhi said the government was trying to draw false equivalencies to divert attention from the real problem….

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