Keypoints:
- Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister has said that the virus is a living organism and it has the right to live.
- He also said that man needs to outpace the virus in order to stay safe.
- Rawat triggered a political row over his controversial remarks during an interview over the ongoing pandemic.
On Thursday, Former Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that coronavirus is a living organism and it has the right to live. He also said that man needs to outpace the virus to stay safe.
“Seen from a philosophical angle, coronavirus is also a living organism. It has the right to live like the rest of us. But we (humans) think ourselves to be the most intelligent and are out to eliminate it. So it is constantly mutating itself,” he told a private news channel.
In the widely circulated video clip, Rawat continued by saying that, “Hence, we now have to keep our distance from it. It is also moving and we are also moving, but we have to move faster than it so that it gets left behind”.
Rawat got trolled on social media for unusual observations on the virus as it went viral at a point of time when the country battles the deadly second wave of Covid-19.
One Twitter user sarcastically said, “This virus organism should be given shelter in the Central Vista.”
“What Rawat, who was the state’s CM, has said, is nothing but foolish and nonsense. He has lost his mind and has no vision because of which he was replaced abruptly by his party,” Uttarakhand Congress vice president Suryakant Dhasmana said.
“The virus is a living organism, so was Ravana, Kansa and Mahishasura. But they all were killed by different gods because they were destroying the world just like this virus which has killed lakhs… Rawat is just uttering sheer nonsense,” he said.
AAP’s Uttarakhand spokesperson Amarjeet Singh Rana said Trivendra Singh Rawat’s remark was a reflection of his wisdom. “This shows his and the BJP leaders’ wisdom. They are making Uttarakhand a laughing stock,” Rana said.
