'Are Elections Really Necessary?', Hansal Mehta Questions Need To Conduct Polls Amid COVID-19
As the covid-19 cases are rising in the country, are election rallies necessary, asks Scam 1992 director Hansal Mehta. Kangana Ranaut, on the other hand, took a jibe at the authorities in the midst of speculations doing the rounds about another lockdown in Maharastra.
The country is witnessing a huge surge of coronavirus cases. Night curfew has been imposed in many states including Maharashtra and Haryana. The count of daily infections is breaching the one-lakh mark. Amid all this, over 28 lakh devotees turned up for the second shahi snan (royal bath) in the Ganga at Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, most of them without masks.
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During such trying times, are election rallies necessary, asks Scam 1992 director Hansal Mehta.
Participated in a election campaign rally in Ward No. 77 in Bhawanipur Constituency.
¡ª B.P. Singh (@BPSinghINC_) April 10, 2021
People of West Bengal will vote for INC and alliance candidates to rebuild a peaceful and pro-people state. @INCWestBengal in pic.twitter.com/AZrOYRjBtj
Shah thanks Delhi HC for making Mask Complusory when alone in the Car ?
¡ª Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) April 7, 2021
Shah gets down from his Car to do an Election Roadshow Rally on a Truck ?
New India = Banana Republic pic.twitter.com/JBFv8Xh4aP
Election Rally and Procession in support of the #CPIM candidate Comrade @aishe_ghosh in Jamuria Assembly Constituency. #WestBengalElections2021 #VoteForLeft pic.twitter.com/Dxu97zzYzX
¡ª Spartacus (@SDey83) April 11, 2021
"When the country is at war with an enemy that is only mutating and debilitating its population are elections really necessary? Is power more important than human lives? Obvious answer but I'm asking nevertheless," Mehta wrote on Twitter.
When the country is at war with an enemy that is only mutating and debilitating its population are elections really necessary? Is power more important than human lives? Obvious answer but I¡¯m asking nevertheless.
¡ª Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) April 12, 2021
Kangana Ranaut, on the other hand, took a jibe at the authorities in the midst of speculations doing the rounds about another lockdown in Maharastra.
Can anyone tell me if Maharashtra has a lockdown? Semi lockdown ? Fluid or fake lockdown? What is going on here? No one seems to be wanting to make decisive decisions. Changu Mangu gang fighting with existential crisis To be or not to be while every moment hanging like a sword.
¡ª Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) April 12, 2021
"Can anyone tell me if Maharashtra has a lockdown? Semi lockdown ? Fluid or fake lockdown? What is going on here? No one seems to be wanting to make decisive decisions. Changu Mangu gang fighting with existential crisis To be or not to be while every moment hanging like a sword," she tweeted.
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi expressed concern for daily wage workers after reports of impending lockdown in Maharashtra make rounds.
My heart goes out to the daily wage earners. Y shld shops be shut? I can understand theatres/ malls bng shut but y shops & labour? Wasnt one migrant worker crisis enough? Y allow #politicalrallies & #ipl but not the poor to earn their living. Dark days ahead
¡ª Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (@suchitrak) April 12, 2021
"My heart goes out to the daily wage earners. Y shld shops be shut? I can understand theatres/ malls bng shut but y shops & labour? Wasnt one migrant worker crisis enough? Y allow #politicalrallies & #ipl but not the poor to earn their living. Dark days ahead," Krishnamoorthi tweeted.
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