While the BJP has accused the Congress of using the pandemic to defame Modi and India, the Congress has disassociated itself from the 'toolkit' and said it is actually the handiwork of the BJP.
On May 14, a prisoner had allegedly snatched a pistol from a prison staffer and killed two other prisoners. Subsequently, he was also killed in firing by the jail staff.
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The missing persons complaint was filed at Parliament Street police station in Delhi as a matter of some urgency: it concerned the “disappearance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” and 10 of his cabinet ministers during the pandemic.
Rakesh Rathore also alleged that MLAs have no say in the functioning of the UP government and their suggestions are not heeded.
As many as 17 FIRs were registered after posters that said "Modiji humare bachon ki vaccine videsh kyu bhej diya?" (PM why did you send vaccines of our children to foreign countries?) were pasted in several parts of New Delhi.
It said that there is apprehension to the life of the accused as well as police and jail personnel.
The Wire's Mitali Mukherjee interviewed the Congress Rajya Sabha MP to discuss the COVID-19 situation in India.