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‘Bharat mahan nahi, badnam hain’: Congress’ Kamal Nath stokes new row

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Barely every week after an FIR was lodged in opposition to him over his controversial feedback over Coronavirus and asking his occasion staff to set the nation on hearth over farmer protests, Congress senior chief Kamal Nath has stirred recent controversy on Friday as he termed India “badnam, not maha” (notorious, not nice).
Kamal Nath’s made the controversial comment whereas addressing the media throughout a spiritual go to to Maihar city of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh. He was talking about Covid dealing with in India when he mentioned: “Mera Bharat mahan nahi hai, badnam hai (My country is not great but infamous). The whole world is looking at the worst condition of Covid-19 in India. Indians, who are working in the US are facing discrimination. A person told me that the people in New York are afraid of sitting in taxis driven by Indians.” 

Nath, the Leader of Opposition within the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, additionally attacked the BJP authorities led by Shivraj Sigh Chouhan for allegedly overlaying up Covid-19 deaths within the state.
Reacting to Kamal Nath’s remarks, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned: “Madhya Pradesh’s Congress chief is calling India badnam. Is Congress shameless? After taking birth on this land, you are calling India badnam. Does this not amount to being a traitor, or is this the ideology of Congress?” 
Furthering that Kamal Nath has misplaced his psychological stability after dropping his authorities, the Madhya Pradesh CM requested Congress President Sonia Gandhi to make clear whether or not the occasion is along side Kamal Nath. He mentioned that Sonia Gandhi ought to both settle for that she agrees with Kamal Nath or sack the MP Congress chief. 
Prior to this, the Congress senior chief had made the same disparaging remark absolving China for giving coronavirus to the world and implicating India for the raging pandemic. In a video that surfaced, Kamal Nath was heard saying: “Today, the world calls it Indian corona”.
Interestingly, Kamal Nath’s remarks jibe precisely with the directions laid down within the toolkit that was uncovered on May 18. The Congress toolkit that was uncovered on social media opened a Pandora’s Box because it delivered to fore the occasion’s malicious makes an attempt to tarnish the picture of India, central authorities, and PM Modi. Congress, nonetheless, later claimed the toolkit is faux and threatened authorized motion.