Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the Central government over bodies that were found buried on the banks of river Ganga.

Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi said: "Every shroud on bodies seen in the sand of Ganga says that the Modi system stays buried in the same sand."

In the last few days, several bodies have been found floating in the river or buried near its banks in several districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Rahul Gandhi has been attacking the Prime Minister over the government's handling of the pandemic and has been critical of the Centre for the lack of oxygen, medicines and vaccines in the country amid a surge in the number of cases during the second wave of COVID-19.

On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi accused the Centre of diverting attention and said while deaths due to COVID-19 are increasing the vaccines are reducing.

He also shared graphs showing a decline in COVID-19 vaccinations and the rise in number of daily deaths due to coronavirus.

"Vaccines are decreasing and Covid deaths are increasing. The Central government policy - Divert attention, spread untruth, make noise by hiding facts," he charged in a tweet in Hindi.