Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh declared at a rally in Hooghly district that novel coronavirus pandemic is gone and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was intentionally imposing a lockdown to stop his party from holding rallies in the state.
"Corona is gone! Didi (Mamata Banerjee) is acting. She is intentionally imposing lockdown so that BJP cannot hold meetings and rallies in Bengal," Ghosh said on September 9, according to news reports.
The video clip of Ghosh claiming that “corona is gone” was circulating on social media platforms.
Ghosh said that Trinamool Congress supreme Banerjee's brothers were feeling unwell after seeing the support BJP was getting in the state. "They are feeling unwell not due to fear of coronavirus, but due to the fear of BJP," he added.
On September 10, the COVID-19 death toll in West Bengal increased to 3,771 after 41 more fatalities were reported. The overall COVID-19 tally in the state increased to 1.93 lakh. The state’s recovery rate stood at 85.9 percent.
West Bengal is expected to head for Legislative Assembly elections in the first half of 2021. Banerjee’s TMC is hoping to overcome a challenge from a surging BJP in the state.
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