Uttar Pradesh govt spreading false propaganda on controlling Covid-19:SP chief

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Yogi Adityanath government of spreading false propaganda on the issue of controlling coronavirus, saying there is a "shortage" of beds and vaccines in Uttar Pradesh.

There is a crisis in Uttar Pradesh due to coronavirus, he claimed.

"There is a crisis in UP caused by corona. The BJP government has to answer as to why it indulged in false propaganda on controlling corona. There is a shortage of vaccines, tests, doctors, beds and ambulances. There is delay in test reports, and black marketing of medicines. Why is the BJP government silent on this?," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

"Where is the star campaigner?" he said without naming any one.

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In another tweet, Yadav termed the Election Commission's move banning TMC chief Mamata Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours from Monday 8 pm as a "sign of disappointment of the BJP, which is facing defeat in the polls".

"The banning of the election campaign of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal is a sign of disappointment of BJP, which is facing defeat in polls. As a token gesture, the SP is with Mamata Banerjee. Hope that the impartial Election Commission will impose a ban on those giving the statement 'shamshan-kabristan' communal divide," the SP chief said.

The Election Commission had barred Banerjee from campaigning for 24 hours from Monday 8 pm for her remarks against central forces.

Banerjee had slammed the poll panel's decision as "unconstitutional and undemocratic".