As the second wave of the pandemic continues to wreak havoc in India, several experts and international media, including the medical journal, the Lancet, have sharply criticised the Central government for its complete mismanagement of the situation. Now, the Centre faces censure from an unexpected quarter: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who is widely known for being a major champion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Moreover, his wife Kirron Kher is a BJP MP from Chandigarh.
In an interview to a news agency, Kher however has now admitted that the government has “slipped up” and scathingly added that they should now realise that there’s more to life than “image building”, Hindustan Times reported.
Kher said that the government should be held responsible for what is happening in the country. He believed the criticism being directed at the government right now is valid as “you have to be inhuman” not to “get affected by the bodies floating (in the rivers).” Kher was referring to the bodies of suspected COVID patients that were found floating on the Ganga river that has shocked the nation.
