BJP MLA Claims 40 Children Have Died In UP’s Firozabad Due To Dengue, State Govt Says No Such Report

BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad Manish Asija on Sunday claimed that over 40 children have succumbed to dengue in the district over the past week and blamed the state health department and the local civic body for the “tragedy”. However, Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh termed Asija’s claims “wrong” and said no such reports have been received.