Opening up many economic activities will raise COVID cases in Bengal: BJP
"The Centre has imposed night curfew across thecountry from 7 pm to 7 am to restrict movement of people andto ensure proper maintenance of social distancing norms,"Ghosh told newspersons here.
But the West Bengal government has not asked itsresidents to strictly abide by the night curfew, he saidclaiming that Banerjee is creating a dangerous situation forthe people of the state.
He said that the system advocated by experts tocontain the spread of coronavirus should have been followed,but she had opened up activities leading to the spread of thedisease in new districts in the state, including Birbhum andPurba Bardhaman, while there are several cases in Murshidabadand Malda.
"She is herself confused and is creating confusionamong the people by creating three categories in therestricted zones," he said.
He said that if hawkers' markets are opened, these canbecome hotspots for spreading the disease since shops thereare located closely.
"People are suffering, but this is happening not justin our state. The central government is providing food topeople in need," the BJP leader said, adding that life is moreimportant than being without food for a couple of days.
Ghosh alleged that Banerjee was peeved with thecentral government since it is not providing money to thestate government directly, but is providing assistance throughvarious projects for employment generation.
The MP denied that migrant workers were walkinghundreds of kilometres to their homes for food and shelter,claiming that "had there been a dearth of food, many wouldhave died in this one and half months."
He claimed that while other states have arranged forhundreds of special trains to take their people back home, theWest Bengal government's response has been lukewarm.
He claimed that the West Bengal government was notfully equipped to deal with the effects of super cyclone'Amphan', asserting that more than a crore people of the statemay get affected by it.