Abhishek Banerjee’s ‘model of tackling COVID-19’ raises uncomfortable questions for TMC

MP’s stand on religious, political meetings also raises many eybrows

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s recent claims of a successful Diamond Harbour model to combat has raised uncomfortable questions for the government and the party.

Over the past few days, the party general secretary has been calling for increased testing and better COVID-19 management in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas, a constituency he represents in the Lok Sabha.

On Wednesday, he shared on social media that more than 50,000 tests were conducted in the parliamentary constituency on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.