Gandhi said the government had asked the people to become “aatmanirbhar (self-reliant)” which means they have to save their lives on their own. He said the number of Covid-19 infections in the country will cross five million this week and active cases will surpass one million. Also Read: Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt over Covid-19 management, GDP decline, job lossesThe Congress has been attacking the Prime Minister and his government for “failing to control” the spread of the Covid-19, with India surpassing Brazil to record the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world. The party has maintained that the Prime Minister should tell the nation his future strategy and the plans to contain the pandemic. On Saturday, Gandhi had attacked the government on the decline in the GDP, job losses and the increasing number of Covid-19-related cases and deaths in the country.

Source: Hindustan Times September 14, 2020 08:03 UTC