Chodanakr said the incident has once again exposed the dirty tricks of PM Narendra Modi and BJP government to fool the people of the country by floating such ideas which have no scientific basis.

The party workers have also been told to make at least two face masks at their homes for people, party state chief Swatantra Dev Singh said.

The wedding was planned in a 95-acre land near Ramanagara with a lavish set, with lakhs of party workers and well-wishers in attendance, followed by a grand reception in Bengaluru.

The MP said that he had suggestions for ways in which the pandemic could be tackled, as Hyderabad alone has 93 active COVID-19 cases.

The PFI said using the word jihad makes the entire community stand as accused, and called it a conspiracy to stoke religious tensions.

Gambhir on Monday wrote to Kejriwal that he will give additional Rs 50 lakh, apart from the equal amount he promised a few days back, for procurement of medical equipment and treatment of COVID-1

The actor said it is because of the Centres negligence that the Tablighi Jamaat conference became the epicenter of Covid-19.

Manmohan Vaidya said the Tablighi Jamaat members have been exposed and even people belonging to the Muslim community are opposing them.

Bhoumick warned that those who will not pay heed to it, their residences will be marked by a chalk, leaving the opposition BJP to call it an intimidation tactic.

The VHP alleged that hundreds of thousands of Tableeghis are spreading obscurantism, wickedness and terrorism all over the world and most of the founders of the worlds terrorist organizations hav

M Veerappa Moily said the key to fighting the pandemic was large scale testing and the Congress-ruled states were focusing on that aspect despite constraints.

Congress spokesperson Sushmita Dev said at a press conference said that if the government of India does not fulfill its duties, it is not possible to fight the war against coronavirus.

Patel pointed out that some Union Territories and states like Delhi, Kerala and Punjab have a large number of COVID-19 cases but they have received very little funds.

Sources said Modi also called up various leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee among others.

The former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy accused PM Modi for pushing his own agenda as the country faces a severe shortage of protective gear for medics and affordable testing kits.

In a tweet, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav further asked how can someone get external brightness by extinguishing their inner light during such a crisis.

Venugopal said people expected the prime minister to speak on pressing issues like the governments efforts to curtail the virus transmission and providing PPEs to health workers but instead he is

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said it was shocking that the government had been permitting export of diagnostic equipment until now.

Rahul Gandhi had earlier sent trucks full of wheat and rice for distribution among the locals, a local aprty leader added.

BS Yediyurappa made his stand clear in a letter to former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda.