As the death toll on Covid-19 mounts and cases surge across India, most Hindus have thrown their idols away on the streets saying they ( idols) lacked the power to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic.
India is second in line to the United States n Covid cases and fatalities as it recorded as of two days ago,23 million cases,19 million recoveries and 250,000 deaths.
Statistics showed that no fewer than 4000 persons die daily of Covid-19 pandemic with many blaming the government of Prime Minister,Narendra Modi of doing little to help the situation.
Presently,there is shortage of medicine, oxygen and bedspaces from New Delhi to the remote areas of the country.Some sick residents lie in their verandas and floor to see if help would come their way.
Indians threw caution to the wind by organising festivals with mamoth crowd in attendance with no compliance with the protocols of Covid-19 pandemic forcing a lethal second wave of the pandemic on the country.
The Hindus who are idol worshippers resorted to their idols for protection reminiscent of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal where the Baal worshippers prayed from morning to sunset for their idols to hear them but to no avail.
The inability to save them from the monstrous fangs of the pandemic made the angry worshippers to throw their idols away to the streets to rot
A few days ago, corpses believed to be linked to Covid-19 where reportedly found washed away in River Ganga, while available crematoriums are inadequate for the number of corpses daily.
