A Gujarat BJP MLA on Sunday mentioned staff of his celebration don’t get contaminated with novel coronavirus since they work onerous.
Rajkot (South) legislator Govind Patel’s tackle coronavirus got here after reporters requested him if the flouting of pointers by political leaders and staff throughout ballot campaigning was leading to a spike in circumstances.
“Those who work hard do not get coronavirus infection. BJP workers work hard, and therefore, not a single worker has been infected with the virus,” Patel claimed.
Incidentally, through the campaigning for the native our bodies polls final month, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was detected with the an infection, and amongst others within the ruling celebration who’ve examined constructive at completely different factors of time embrace state unit chief CR Paatil and several other MLAs.
On Saturday, Vadodara BJP MP Ranjanben Bhatt had introduced that she was admitted in hospital for COVID-19.
Meanwhile, state Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel refuted discuss that native polls in addition to the Test and T20I cricket matches in Ahmedabad have been prime components behind the COVID-19 spike.
“Elections are held as per the requirement under the Constitution. Cricket matches were limited to only Ahmedabad.There was no cricket match or election in Maharashtra, but it accounts for the highest number of cases, nearly 50 percent of the country’s daily cases,” he mentioned.
He mentioned one may come to any conclusion on the latest surge however the actuality remained that it was the folks’s collective duty to stick to outbreak norms and management the pandemic.