The Lok Sabha on Thursday reverberated with concern over the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the large number of Indians, students and others stuck abroad and also the racial profiling of those from the northeast as carriers of the virus.
As soon as question hour concluded, leader of the Congress legislative party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhary expressed concern over the handling of the virus and the fate of many Indian students and others stuck abroad. Trinamool Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandopadhyaya too demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement in the House on the efforts to combat the pandemic. Mr. Modi will address the nation via television at 8 pm on Thursday.
Shiv Sena’s Vinayak Raut referred to the 58 Indian students struck at the Singapore airport and urged the government to bring them home. He said of t