Nadda contrasts Modi with Donald Trump on COVID response

PATNA: The US presidential election also echoed in the Bihar poll campaign on Thursday as BJP chief J.P. Nadda said that people of USA had cornered President Donald Trump on the issue of coronavirus as he lags behind in the poll forecasts.

"On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the right decision at the right time in the beginning of pandemic and implemented nationwide lockdown. He saved lives of 130 crore countrymen," Nadda said at a rally in Darbhanga.

"When corona started in our country, there was only one testing lab in Pune and now 15 lakh samples are tested every day. Besides, we are also manufacturing ventilators and face masks," Nadda said.

He said President Trump had alleged that India is hiding actual numbers of corona deaths and active cases. Nadda also slammed RJD and said that Tejashwi Yadav is just bluffing to garner votes.

"He is attracting you with promise of 10 lakh jobs. How would he give 10 lakh jobs and how many jobs his father and mother had given in 15 years between 1990 to 2005?" Nadda asked.

"We all knew when Lalu Prasad was in power, he used to open cowshed schools and hold 'Lathi' rallies," Nadda said. "Some people asked questions about why we are raising Ram temple issue in Bihar election. I want to tell them that Bihar is land of Sita's birth (Sitamarhi). Hence, why would we not discuss Ram temple in Bihar," he said. (IANS)

Also Read: Court Stays Proceedings Against Shashi Tharoor Over "Scorpion" Remark

Also Watch: All Religion Prayer Meet in Jorhat for Tarun Gogoi