Save your own lives because PM is busy with peacock, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said people of the country have to "save their own lives because PM is busy with peacock" amid sharp increase in coronavirus cases.

"India's coronavirus cases will cross 50 lakh this week and active cases will cross 10 lakh. Unplanned lockdown was the gift of one man's ego, which led to the spread of coronavirus across the country. Modi government said "be self-reliant (atmanirbhar)"... which meant "save your own lives" because the Prime Minister is busy with peacock," said the Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul slammed the Prime Minister over spike in COVID cases and accused the government of implementing the lockdown without a plan. Rahul also referred to a video PM Modi shared last month on his official Instagram handle. The Prime Minister is seen in the clip feeding a peahen inside his residence and performing morning exercise in other visuals.

Rahul Gandhi has often said Modi government's unplanned coronavirus lockdown led to the loss of lives and left lakhs jobless.

Last month, he had tweeted that he was right about the Covid tally touching the 20 lakh-mark by August 10.