India leading a successful fight: Amit Shah on Covid

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that India was leading a successful fight against the coronavirus pandemic even though it was a densely populated country with a federal structure.
Joining the nationwide tree plantation drive of the central armed police forces (CAPFs) by planting a ‘peepal’ sapling at the CRPF campus in Gurgaon, Shah said the campaign was being undertaken when the world was faced with a pandemic. He said health services of even the most developed countries were collapsing under the impact of Covid-19, and the whole world was concerned how India, a big, densely populated country with a federal structure, would fight this pandemic. “But today, the most successful fight has been fought in India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi,” he said.
Shah said that across the world, only governments were fighting the pandemic but in India, 130 crore people, besides state governments, were united in tackling this threat. “Nowhere across the country is there a state of panic and we are resolute in overcoming this coronavirus pandemic,” the home minister added.
Shah appreciated the CAPFs for playing a very important role – be it in markets, railway stations or helping state governments in managing crowded places and enforcing the lockdown. “The forces have set an example before the nation and the world by being alert during deployment on Covid-19 duty,” the minister added.