Mumbai: Senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that the 'Namaste Trump' program held in Ahmedabad later in February to welcome the US President Donald Trump was responsible for the spread of the coronavirus in Gujarat, later in Delhi, which was attended by some members of Trump's delegation. Raut also criticized the Modi government at the Center, saying that the lockdown was implemented without any plan, but now the responsibility of removing it has been left to the state governments.
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Sanjay Raut has further said that despite all the BJP's efforts to topple the Maharashtra government. There is no crisis on the Maha Vikas Aghadi government because the Shiv Sena and NCP Congress are forced to maintain its existence. In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Raut said, "It cannot be denied that due to the gathering at the reception of US President Donald Trump, the corona infection spread in Gujarat. Some members of the delegation accompanying the trump had also gone to Mumbai, Delhi due to which the transition spread.
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On 24 February, US President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a road show in Ahmedabad in which thousands of people attended. After the road show, the two leaders addressed more than one lakh people at Motera Cricket Ground. The first case of coronavirus in Gujarat was reported on March 20 when the infection was confirmed in a person from Rajkot and a woman from Surat.