Smriti Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani, on Tuesday, accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on ?dishing out pearls of wisdom to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Iranis reaction came minutes after Gandhi held a press conference where he accused PM Modi and the government of not handling COVID-19 pandemic effectively.

Gandhi slammed PM Modi for conducting election rallies for assembly polls amid the second wave of coronavirus across West Bengal.

He warned the government of an imminent third wave and urged the Centre to prepare for it. Gandhi, who released a report on the pandemic, during his live press conference on social media, said, The aim of this white paper on COVID-19 is not finger-pointing at the government but to help the nation prepare for the third wave of infection. The whole country knows that a third wave will strike.

 Irani took to her social media and wrote:

“While Gyani Baba is dishing out pearls of wisdom to the Honourable Prime Minister, he may like to introspect on the following –

•Where did the second wave start? – Congress ruled states •Which states had a huge percentage of India’s cases and deaths? – Congress ruled states

•State with the highest case fatality rate – Congress ruled state

•States with maximum noise against vaccines creating vaccine hesitancy – Congress ruled states

•States, which had an astronomical positivity rate during the second wave – Congress ruled states

• Who demanded decentralization & then did a U-turn? – Congress

• Which states did the worst in terms of vaccination yesterday even as the country created a world record? – Congress ruled states

कहावत है ‘दिया तले अंधेरा’ – समझ जाये तो बेहतर है।”