No Kanwar Yatra in Uttarakhand with just 48 daily COVID cases, but for Bakrid celebration lockdown relaxed in Kerala with 13,000 COVID cases

In yet another incident of Muslim appeasement politics, the Kerala government has relaxed the COVID restrictions imposed in the state for allowing the Muslims to celebrate Bakrid Qurbani. Kerala is a hotbed for COVID cases with the state recording 13,000 COVID cases per day on average, contributing more than 30% of national cases being reported.

Uttrakhand’s daily average for new covid cases is just 48 and yet they cancelled the Kanwar Yatra fearing the possibility of a COVID third wave. The decision was taken by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami following a meeting with senior State officials.

Kerala is going through a massive crisis with respect to the COVID crisis. The state is continuously reporting more than 10% TPR rate and a various variant of the COVID virus has been found in the state. In such a situation, the state government going ahead with appeasement politics has triggered a fresh crisis in Kerala, with the health experts warning of a sharp increase in the cases once the restrictions are lifted.