Yogi Adityanath slams Rahul Gandhi over Covid-19 response

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday launched a sharp counter-attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and sister Priyanka for their criticism of the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, asserting that if the country listens to them on Covid-19, India will turn into Italy. In an interview with Hindustan editor-in-chief Shashi Shekhar, the Chief Minister said, "Let us be India". Yogi Adtiyanath’s barb was a reference to a spike in Covid-19 cases in Italy in the early days of the pandemic. Rahul Gandhi has been targeting the Centre and the UP govt questioning the impact of the lockdown.