‘Check Out Popular Fiction In India’: Tharoor Mocks Modi Govt’s Response To Covid

The book, authored by Priyam Gandhi-Mody, has Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its cover page and gives an account of the Centre’s response to Covid-19.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (File Photo: Getty Images)

New Delhi: Taking a jibe at the Centre, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday posted a picture from a shop where the book ‘A Nation to Protect’, throwing light on the ruling dispensation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, is displayed in the “popular fiction” segment, PTI reported. “Check out PopularFiction in India these days!” the Congress leader tweeted along with the picture.

The book, authored by Priyam Gandhi-Mody, has Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its cover page and gives an account of the Centre’s response to Covid-19.

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Earlier in the day, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said over 191 crore 96 lakh vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, adding this has been achieved through 2,41,17,166 sessions.

“India’s active caseload currently stands at 15,044. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country's total positive cases,” the ministry added.

The Health Ministry said India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%.

“2,614 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,25,92,455,” the ministry added.

Tharoor also derided the Centre by comparing the prices of food items during the current National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime and the former Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) era.

“One more difference between the UPA era & the NDA: you feel it daily!” he tweeted with the hashtag inflation.

The Congress leader shared a list of food items such as rice, wheat, sugar, tomato, potato, onion and sugar with their prices in 2014 and 2022.