New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to consider suspending the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ citing concerns expressed by three BJP MPs over the spread of coronavirus .
In a letter to Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday, Mandaviya said three Rajasthan MPs P P Chaudhary, Nihal Chand and Devji Patel have expressed concern and asked Congress leader to strictly adhere to Covid protocols, including ensuring the use of masks and sanitisers during the march, and only they should be allowed to participate in the march. Those who have taken the vaccine doses.
He asked the Congress leader to cut short his ongoing Bharat Yodo Yatra to contain virus spread considering rising cases of deadly virus in neighboring County China.