Covid-19 management appears to have emerged as the new battleground for the ruling BJP and a resurgent AAP in Goa, with leaders from both parties trading blows over the efficacy of the 'Delhi model' of pandemic management.
A day after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant obliquely criticised the Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital, for failing to deal with the pandemic and relying on support from the National Democratic Alliance government, AAP Goa spokesperson Surel Tilve hit back on Saturday.
"If that was the case, why haven't Amit Shah and the Health Minister made any efforts to rein in the pandemic in Goa, which has assumed severe proportions," Tilve told a press conference in Panaji.
The AAP in Goa has kept petitioning the BJP-led coalition government to emulate the 'Delhi model' of Covid-19 management, amid a sustained and severe spike in Covid-19 related cases.
Goa has a total of 23,445 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including the 5,104 active cases. 276 persons in the coastal state have died after testing positive for Covid-19.
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