New Delhi, Jul 13 (UNI) Continuing his attack against the NDA government over its 'mishandling' of the COVID pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a jibe on the comments by Home Minister Amit Shah that India is at a "good position" in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Rahul posted on his Twitter account a graph depicting the "ideal curve" for COVID-19 cases, showing the seven-day count of average coronavirus cases in the US, India, South Korea and New Zealand..
'India at good position in #COVID19 battle?,'he posted on twitter.
In his address over a webinar link after participating in a mega plantation drive initiated by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on Sunday, Mr Shah had said that the world is appreciating India's battle against coronavirus.
"We are at a good position in this coronavirus battle and will continue this fight with determination and there is no atmosphere of fear. We have the passion to battle it and enthusiasm to defeat it (coronavirus)," Mr Shah had said .
"The world is seeing that if a successful battle has been fought anywhere across the globe against the coronavirus it is India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Mr Shah said.
Rahul and the Congress party have been critical of the NDA government's handling of the COVID pandemic and have attacked the government for failing to provide a cash transfer to the poor people who have been severely affected by the pandemic.
India has the third-highest coronavirus cases in the world after the United States and Brazil.
The country recorded the biggest single-day spike of 28,701 cases on Sunday, taking the total cases so far to 8,78,254.
23,174 have died of the disease in India.
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