Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a shot at the Centre over its preparedness to fight the coronavirus on Friday, saying the "geniuses" at the NITI Aayog had predicted that the nationwide lockdown would ensure no fresh COVID-19 cases from May 16.
"The geniuses at Niti Aayog have done it again. I'd like to remind you of their graph predicting the Govt's national lockdown strategy would ensure no fresh Covid cases from tomorrow, May the 16th," he said on Twitter.
The geniuses at Niti Aayog have done it again.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 15, 2020
I'd like to remind you of their graph predicting the Govt's national lockdown strategy would ensure no fresh Covid cases from tomorrow, May the 16th. pic.twitter.com/zFDJtI9IXP
The Congress leader also posted a graph projected by the government at the time.
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