Opp parties attack govt over handling of Covid crisis; Sonia Gandhi says PM's economic package 'cruel joke on country'

Launching a no-holds-barred attack against the Modi government on Friday over its handling of the Covid crisis, 22 opposition parties accused it of "unabashedly usurping" powers of states and abandoning any pretence of being democratic. The opposition parties asked the Centre to present a revised comprehensive economic package that will be a "true stimulus".