gujarat congress on wednesday alleged that the 'Namaste Trump' event organised by the state bjp government in on february 24 here was responsible for the spread of coronavirus in the state. The state congress president amit Chavda said his party wants an independent probe through a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into this, and will approach the gujarat high court soon against government's "criminal negligence". On february 24, US President donald trump along with prime minister narendra modi took part in road show in ahmedabad which was attended by thousands of people.
After the road show, the two leaders addressed a gathering of over one lakh people at Motera cricket stadium, run by gujarat cricket Association (GCA).Gujarat reported its first coronavirus cases on march 20, when samples of a man from rajkot and a woman from surat tested positive for the disease.Chavda in a video message said, "In january itself, WHO clearly said the coronavirus spreads from one person to another. It had asked all the countries to refrain from organising large gatherings. Despite such warning, 'Namaste Trump' was planned for political gains and permission was also granted by the gujarat government." gujarat bjp spokesman prashant Vala termed the allegations as "baseless". Moreover, coronavirus was not declared a pandemic by WHO when the 'Namaste Teump' event took place.
The event took place on february 24,and the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on march 11, he said. Moreover Vala said "The first coronavirus cases in gujarat was reported on march 20, almost a month after the event. Chavda is making baseless allegations for vote bank politics". gujarat has so far reported 6,245 COVID-19 cases and 368 deaths.
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