Maharashtra minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government had failed to handle the Covid-19 pandemic effectively and had overseen the loss of 12.21 crore jobs.

Addressing a virtual press meet on the Modi government completing two years of its second term, and seven overall, Chavan said the Centre had kept all decision-making powers in its hands but was now blaming the state governments after the Covid-19 outbreak spiralled out of control.