As the Centre is urging all communities to adhere to social distancing and other measures to prevent coronavirus transmission, a young girl from the Kashmir Valley has urged people to follow Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s advice and set aside differences of religion and caste to win the battle against the deadly virus. In a video message shared by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Twitter, Rifat, a Class 10 student, from Baramulla, requested to all people across community lines to pay heed to the Prime Minister’s advice to contain coronavirus spread. “I am Rifat from Baramulla in Kashmir Valley. Today, our nation is facing one of the biggest crisis, which is COVID-19. This is the time to set aside differences of religion, caste and class. It is the time to help each other,” she said in the video. The young girl urged the people to come together and extend help to the needy by giving donations. “Let all of us serve the nation and extend help to the poor. Let’s do charity (zakat). We all should pay heed to the Prime Minister’s advice. When all of us will come together in this war, we will surely win,” she stressed.
