Imposing curfew at night but calling lakhs to rallies defies logic: Varun Gandhi | India News

NEW DELHI: In his latest criticism of the UP government, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday reacted strongly against the state government’s decision to impose night curfew to curb resurgence of Covid 19 cases and wondered why no measures were being taken to restrict public rallies in the pollbound state, which could spread the infection.
The Pilibhit MP urged the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to “honestly decide” after the state government imposed state-wide night curfew to check rising Covid cases, in a tweet on Monday.
“Imposing curfew in the night and calling lakhs of people in rallies during the day — this is beyond the comprehension of the common man,” he tweeted. “Given UP’s limited healthcare systems, we have to honestly decide whether our priority is to stop the spread of the dreaded Omicron or show electoral power,” he said.

Over the last couple of months, Varun had come out in support of the farmers’ agitation against the farm laws and also criticised the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Explaining his tweet, Gandhi told TOI: “Maximum transmission typically happens during the day as there are less people on the road during the night. It is a must to push for strongly cutting down social gatherings which could emerge as Covid-19 clusters.”

He cited the Centre’s message to the Maharashtra government last year, saying measures such as night curfews, weekend lockdowns have very limited impact on containing or suppressing transmission.