AIMIM's Maharashtra unit head MP Imtiyaz Jaleel said memorials cannot protect people in times of a pandemic, which is why it is important to build hospitals instead.
Funds allotted for constructing memorials should be utilised for building hospitals, he said.
Taking to Twitter, Jaleel said, "No smarak (memorial) of any leader would protect you in times like these! Hospitals will! That's why I am opposing memorial building and instead asking for hospitals to be made with that money (sic)."