The BJP asked the Congress on Friday not to use the coronavirus pandemic as a "political opportunity" as it expressed shock at the opposition party criticising the Union Home Ministry guidelines on inter-state movement of workers.
Rather than giving any positive suggestion, constant bickering and pessimism during these times are not the solutions, the party said.
"The Congress should restrain itself from spreading canards, falsities and misinformation purely for political gain during a pandemic. The MHA guidelines lay down standard operating procedures (SOPs) for states to follow during migrants' transfer. States are in talks with each other to effectively carry forward this mammoth task," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
The BJP's response came after the Congress accused the Centre of "cruelly" and "mercilessly" abandoning the entire category of migrant labourers and termed "a cruel joke" the order on inter-state movement of workers.
Hitting back, Patra said, "It's astonishing and shocking that senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi sees the MHA guidelines on migrant labourers as a joke."
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