SCARY VISUALS amid COVID as Cong flouts protocol during Karnataka padayatra

The Congress party has triggered a massive health scare as it launched a 10-day protest march - over a drinking water project - a day after Karnataka reported 8,906 COVID cases (January 9). The protest drew a crowd of thousands in defiance of pandemic protocols, including the use of face masks and maintaining social distance. Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah and state Congress president DK Shivakumar led the march, which was dubbed "namma neeru, namma hakku," or "our water, our right." Even after LoP Siddaramaiah fell ill, the Congress party continues the padayatra in the state.