New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government over India becoming the fourth worst-hit country in terms of Coronavirus cases, describing it as a horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of "arrogance and incompetence".
India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom in terms of Coronavirus cases to become the fourth worst-hit country, according to the Worldometer and Johns Hopkins University data.
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India is firmly on it's way to winning the wrong race.
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A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence. pic.twitter.com/NB2OzXPGCX
">India is firmly on it's way to winning the wrong race.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 12, 2020
A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence. pic.twitter.com/NB2OzXPGCXIndia is firmly on it's way to winning the wrong race.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 12, 2020
A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence. pic.twitter.com/NB2OzXPGCX
"India is firmly on it's way to winning the wrong race. A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence," Gandhi tweeted along with a visual graph showing India's climb to the fourth spot in terms of cases.
Gandhi's remarks came on a day when for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities.
The country has registered 10,956 new Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours till Friday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
(PTI REPORT)
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