BJP, Cong. spar over worship of oxygen tanker in M.P.
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The ruling BJP and Congress on Sunday lashed out at one another after a video went viral of a State Minister and his supporters breaking coconuts and a priest chanting prayers in entrance of a tanker transporting oxygen from neighbouring Gujarat.
A pointy spike in COVID-19 circumstances throughout M.P. has given rise to a reported scarcity of medical oxygen.
In movies being circulated on the social media, M.P. PWD Minister Tulsiram Silawat and his supporters might be seen providing prayers in entrance of the tanker in Indore, and posing in entrance of the car for media pictures.
“When the tanker, which started from Gujarat’s Jamnagar, reached Chandan Nagar Chowk on Saturday, it was stopped for an hour by Silawat for puja paath, to get media coverage. They repeated it when the vehicle reached filling station,” M.P. Congress spokesperson Neelabh Shukla alleged.
‘Drama’
“They did this drama when there is an acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals and serious patients are gasping for breath,” he added.
Hitting again, Indore BJP chief Gaurav Randive mentioned the tanker was not stopped “even for five minutes” at Chandan Nagar Chowk and was despatched instantly to a filling station. “The video of us offering prayers was of the time when the tanker was being emptied at the filling station,” he claimed.
Indore’s tally rose to 89,317 on Sunday with 1,692 new circumstances, whereas the demise toll elevated by seven to succeed in 1,047.
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