Only country not reaping lockdown strategy benefit appears to be India: Chidambaram

Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked the federal government over the upward push within the collection of coronavirus instances. (Report picture)

Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked the federal government over the upward push within the collection of coronavirus instances, claiming that the one nation that’s not reaping the advantage of the lockdown technique seems to be India.

He additionally predicted that through September-end, India will have 65 lakh COVID-19 instances.

Chidambaram’s assault at the executive got here as India’s COVID-19 an infection tally sprinted previous 40 lakh. The recoveries have surged to 31,07,223 on Saturday, consistent with information collated through the Union Well being Ministry.

“I had predicted that general collection of infections will succeed in 55 lakh through September 30. I’m fallacious. India will succeed in that quantity through September 20. Through finish September, the quantity might contact 65 lakh,” Chidambaram mentioned.

The one nation that’s not reaping the advantage of the lockdown technique seems to be India, the previous Union minister alleged.

“PM (Narendra) Modi who promised that we can defeat coronavirus in 21 days will have to provide an explanation for why India failed when different international locations appear to have succeeded,” he mentioned.

In some other tweet, Chidambaram additionally hit out on the Ministry of Finance for the state of the financial system, announcing it does now not have “a phrase of reason for the remarkable damaging expansion in Q1 of 2020-21”.

“However it’s again to its previous recreation of deceptive the folks of India and predicting a V formed restoration (from the coronavirus-induced hunch),” the previous finance minister mentioned.

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