With the highest single-day spike of 96,551 fresh COVID-19 cases and 1,209 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total coronavirus infections crossed the 45 lakh mark.
But, according to Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh, Corona is over.
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He made this claim during his address to supporters at a rally in Hooghly on Wednesday, 9th September.
#Corona চলে গেছে!
— Indrajit Kundu | ইন্দ্রজিৎ – কলকাতা (@iindrojit) September 10, 2020
দিদিমণি শুধু শুধু ঢং করছেন, lockdown করছেন যাতে BJP মিটিং মিছিল না করতে পারে!
Corona is Gone! Didi is uselessly imposing lockdown so that BJP cannot hold meetings and rallies: Dilip Ghosh pic.twitter.com/E20mcfph29
Corona has gone. Didimoni (Mamata Banerjee) is acting and imposing lockdown so that BJP can’t organise meetings and rallies in the state. No one can stop us: Dilip Ghosh, BJP President, West Bengal at a public rally in Dhaniakhali (9/9/2020) pic.twitter.com/VVSJ0mSBCg
— ANI (@ANI) September 11, 2020
At a time when India is reporting over 90K cases every day, netizens called out the politician for his statement.
Madness of WB@DilipGhoshBJP @narendramodi
— Adv SPChoudhary (@advspchoudhary) September 11, 2020
Look today india data itself speek…. https://t.co/V5m2Z8QoCQ
Highest Number of Cases in a single day
— FilmoHolic Farhan (@filmy_farhan) September 11, 2020
Highest Number Of Deaths in a single day
But… CORONA HAS GONE https://t.co/ETmayVV2nN
Okay Corona has gone says @DilipGhoshBJP.
— Swagat Sarangi🇮🇳 (@Swagatsarangi07) September 11, 2020
Now no need to wear mask i guess🤔🤔 https://t.co/uB0v4X2dXE
India has 96k cases and can overtake usa to be most affected cases and he says there is no cases of corona dumb man https://t.co/PM9TZwawaQ
— DevNa| Devoleena FanClub🌸🌟 (@DevNaFC) September 11, 2020
I think it’s been misrepresented. He wanted to say corona has gone out of control of the govt… No one can stop it https://t.co/NQJ2wE8ixm
— Ashish (@ashishkibaat) September 11, 2020
Corona has gone, Where? https://t.co/wbPKzsNPkR
— Pravanjan Patra (Bunu) (@GuruJagannath2) September 11, 2020
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The district in which Ghosh was addressing the public rally has the fifth-highest number of Covid-19 cases in West Bengal. Large crowd also gathered at his rally flouting all social distancing norms and safety precautions.
These kind of irresponsible statements coming from leaders can have negative impact on people.