Amartya Sen's comment on Modi govt purely political: Bengal BJP

The BJP's West Bengal unit hit out at Nobel laureate Amartya Sen for his remarks that the Narendra Modi government's schizophrenia led to the Covid-19 ravage.

The BJP's West Bengal unit on Saturday hit out at Nobel laureate Amartya Sen for his remarks that the Narendra Modi government's schizophrenia led to the Covid-19 ravage, claiming that the economist's attack was purely political. State BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya also said that he cannot keep on criticising the government in front of the entire world. At a programme in Mumbai on late Friday evening, Sen had said that India's "confused" government focused on taking credit for its actions, rather than working to restrict the spread of COVID-19, resulting in schizophrenia that led to massive troubles.