COVID spreader: Sunil Kumar likens Congress padayatra to Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation

Team Udayavani, Jan 12, 2022, 2:11 PM IST

Bengaluru: Minister Sunil Kumar termed Congress Mekedatu padayatra as a super spreader event, and held the party responsible for the surge in cases during the third wave of the pandemic in Karnataka.

Addressing presspersons Sunil Kumar likened the padayatra to the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation in Delhi, in 2020, which was accused of being a super spreader during the first wave of the pandemic. The Congress is spreading Covid by holding the padayatra by violating guidelines and it will be directly responsible for the case surge

“Congress leaders a not respecting the government’s decision. When the vaccine was launched they had refused to take it. Now they are refusing to follow COVID guidelines,” he said.

He further accused Congress leaders of doing everything to spread the virus, as thousands of people are assembling each day for the padayatra, at a time when Covid cases are also on the rise in the state.

In the last few days, Karnataka witnessed a big surge in cases.