Now, Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat says 'US enslaved us for 200 years'

In a major gaffe, Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday confused the United Kingdom with the United States of America while commenting on how India tackled the Covid-19 pandemic better than many countries.

He said America, which enslaved India for 200 years, and ruled the world, under whose empire it was said the sun didn't set... recorded more than 2.75 lakh deaths due to Covid-19 and is still struggling.

The newly-appointed chief minister said America, which has less population and better health infrastructure than India is now heading towards a lockdown.

On Tuesday last week, Rawat had associated ripped jeans with societal collapse and expressed “shock” at a “mother” who wore frayed denim.

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