Large distinction between transient Covid centre, most cancers institute: Anurag Thakur hits out at Mamata Banerjee

By means of PTI

NEW DELHI: There’s a large distinction between a short lived Covid centre and a world-class most cancers institute and a major minister is predicted to understand it, Union Minister Anurag Thakur stated on Saturday, hitting out at Mamata Banerjee over her remarks at the inauguration of a health facility campus in Kolkata through High Minister Narendra Modi.

Thakur stated the West Bengal leader minister’s remark at the new 2nd campus of the Chittaranjan Nationwide Most cancers Institute was once now not severe, so was once her tackling of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Bengal is 2nd within the nation within the unfold of corona. As a substitute of being concerned about it, you’re getting engaged in topics about which you don’t also have any wisdom simply to fulfill your ego,” Thakur tweeted, asking Banerjee to take care of “the glory” of the publish of leader minister.

Thakur’s remarks got here an afternoon after Banerjee asserted that she had final 12 months inaugurated the second one campus of the Chittaranjan Nationwide Most cancers Institute, which High Minister Modi devoted to the country on Friday.

“The high minister just about inaugurated the venture. However I wish to tell the high minister that we had already inaugurated it previous all the way through the outbreak of pandemic once we wanted a Covid centre. It helped us so much. This institute is related to the state govt as smartly,” she stated.

In a sequence of tweets, the Union Minister for Knowledge and Broadcasting stated, “There’s a large distinction between a short lived Covid centre and a world-class most cancers institute.

It was once anticipated from you, being a major minister, would know the adaptation.

However no, neither your corona control is valuable nor your observation about Chittaranjan Nationwide Most cancers Institute in Kolkata.”

“Will you surrender being concerned about credit score (for inauguration of the most cancers institute) and interact your self in Covid control within the provider of Bengal and take care of the glory of the publish?” he added.