Tarun Singh, BJP national general secretary has said that coronavirus cannot harm Madhya Pradesh where the CM is ``Shiv`` and the state party unit chief in ``Vishnu``.

Currently, Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, while Vishnu Dutt Sharma is the state BJP president.

The Congress claimed BJP leaders were only engaged in seeking applause from their party workers by making such statements, despite "3.28 lakh deaths from January to May this year" in the state, which the opposition party said was much higher than the normal fatality rate in the state.

In a tweet on Sunday, Mr Chugh said, "How can corona harm Madhya Pradesh where state president is Vishnu and Chief Minister is Shiv."

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— Tarun Chugh (@tarunchughbjp) August 8, 2021

With this the opposition Congress spokesman Bhupendra Gupta hit out at the BJP, saying its leaders speak like this only to seek applause from their party workers.

Mr. Gupta claimed, "3.28 lakh people died in Madhya Pradesh between January and May this year, which was 54 percent higher than the normal death rate".

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