new delhi accusing rahul gandhi of trying to weaken the countrys resolve to fight covid19 the bjp said on wednesday that the congress leader has been acting in a most irresponsible manner and is trying to mislead the country with falsehoods and misrepresentation of factssenior bjp leader and union minister ravi shankar prasad also sought to know from gandhi if even congress chief ministers listen to him as even they do not follow his suggestions on lockdown or on giving cash package to the poorprasad cited comments made by gandhi since the threat of coronavirus emerged in the country to allege that all gandhi has done is to demoralise people and indulge in politics while seeking publicitythe bjp also released a booklet titled who is trying to weaken indias fight against covid to attack gandhi the booklet is a compilation of gandhis comments and also positive reports about the modi governments efforts to combat the coronavirusprasad told reporters that india with a population of 137 crore accounted for 4345 deaths till may 26 while 15 other most coronavirusaffected countries outside china had suffered 343562 fatalitiescovid19 live updates the minister said he is not including china because many questions are being raised about itprime minister narendra modi has shown courage in the fight against coronavirus and has done so by uniting the country he assertedmore on covid19coronavirus pandemic complete coveragelockdown 40 whats allowed and whats not in the three zonesits time to mask up and stay safe join tois maskindia campaignmhas guidelines for home isolationtrust the newspaper for your daily verified newsthe former congress president had claimed on tuesday that the fourphase lockdown has failed in its purpose while taking a swipe at modigandhi first criticised modis call to people to clap or bang utensils to show their gratitude to emergency workers engaged in combating coronavirus he spoke in a similar vein after the prime minister asked them to light lamps he levelled false allegations about labourers being charged for travelling in shramik trains and then against icmr prasad saidthe bjp leader claimed that gandhis allegations have been proved wrongsince the nation started fighting coronavirus he gandhi has been trying to weaken the nations resolve he is acting in most irresponsible manner and is trying to mislead people by resorting to falsehoods and misrepresentation of facts prasad chargedgandhis campaign is based on spreading negativity acting against the nation during the crisis and claiming false credit he chargedthe modi government prasad said has spent rs 52000 crore in transferring direct cash and had announced a rs 17 lakh crore package as soon as the lockdown startedto a question he said the bjp is not trying to topple the coalition government in maharashtra which is afflicted by growing internal differences of its allies