Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday hit out at the Centre for the 'mismanagement' of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the country's image had been 'tarnished'.
भाजपा सरकार की बदइंतज़ामी की वजह से कोरोना मौतों की ख़बरें दुनिया भर के प्रतिष्ठित अख़बारों-पत्रिकाओं में छपने से हमारे देश की वैश्विक छवि बहुत धूमिल हुई है।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) April 30, 2021
सरेआम झूठ बोलने वाले लोग अब क्या उन प्रकाशनों की संपत्ति जब्त करेंगे या उन पर रासुका लगाएंगे। #भाजपा_सरकार_ऑक्सीजन_दो pic.twitter.com/m7ZnHYndtx
In a tweet, Yadav pointed out that international newspapers had been reporting about the increasing number of COVID-related deaths in the country.
"Because of the mismanagement of the BJP government, COVID-deaths are being reported in newspapers and magazines around the world and our country's global image has been tarnished," the SP leader tweeted in Hindi.
He added, "People who lie publicly will now confiscate the property of those publications or impose sanctions on them."
Uttar Pradesh is one of the states worst-hit by COVID-19 in the country. As per the Union health ministry, there are currently 3,09,237 active cases in the state and 8,96,477 recoveries and 12,238 deaths have been reported so far.
