Centre delayed lockdown to topple MP Govt: Kamal Nath

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 12

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath today accused the Centre of delaying the anti-Covid 19 lockdown to topple the Congress government in the state.

Kamal Nath, who resigned as CM on March 16, raised questions about the government’s intention behind delaying the lockdown which was announced on March 24, a day after BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as MP CM.

“Need anyone explain more?” Nath asked, adding that while the Congress was with the government in the fight against Covid it was a fact that Parliament was kept in session so that the MP Assembly coupe also remain functional and the Congress government in the state toppled. Madhya Pradesh has 564 cases and no recoveries so far. The state has seen 36 deaths.

Nath said the Constitution mandates a council of ministers, but Madhya Pradesh was the only state anywhere in the world which neither has neither a health minister nor a home minister. “There is just one man the CM and state health officials and 45 officials have now tested positive for Covid, including principal secretary health of the state,” Nath said.