<p>The opposition parties in Assam were in quarantine with some in the ICU during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, BJP president J P Nadda said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The opposition parties emerge only during elections as "political tourists" but after that, they are nowhere to be seen, Nadda claimed while addressing a meeting of the state BJP executive virtually.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/punjab-assembly-polls-delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-vows-to-provide-300-units-of-free-electricity-24x7-power-if-aap-wins-1002763.html" target="_blank">Punjab assembly polls: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal vows to provide 300 units of free electricity, 24X7 power if AAP wins </a></strong></p>.<p>"All the (opposition) parties were in quarantine with some having reached the ICU. It was the BJP members who reached out to those in distress," he said.</p>.<p>Nadda urged the party's newly-appointed state unit president Bhabesh Kalita and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to take up vaccination of all eligible people in the state on a "mission mode".</p>.<p>He asked Kalita to ensure that all party workers are engaged in vaccination awareness drives throughout the state to remove any hesitancy, if it still exists.</p>.<p>Nadda thanked the people of Assam for defeating the "forces of communalism and corruption" and putting their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda. </p>
<p>The opposition parties in Assam were in quarantine with some in the ICU during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, BJP president J P Nadda said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The opposition parties emerge only during elections as "political tourists" but after that, they are nowhere to be seen, Nadda claimed while addressing a meeting of the state BJP executive virtually.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/punjab-assembly-polls-delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-vows-to-provide-300-units-of-free-electricity-24x7-power-if-aap-wins-1002763.html" target="_blank">Punjab assembly polls: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal vows to provide 300 units of free electricity, 24X7 power if AAP wins </a></strong></p>.<p>"All the (opposition) parties were in quarantine with some having reached the ICU. It was the BJP members who reached out to those in distress," he said.</p>.<p>Nadda urged the party's newly-appointed state unit president Bhabesh Kalita and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to take up vaccination of all eligible people in the state on a "mission mode".</p>.<p>He asked Kalita to ensure that all party workers are engaged in vaccination awareness drives throughout the state to remove any hesitancy, if it still exists.</p>.<p>Nadda thanked the people of Assam for defeating the "forces of communalism and corruption" and putting their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda. </p>