The announcement from Mamata Banerjee that West Bengal will extend free ration to poor till June 2021 cannot be viewed in isolation with the state polls that are scheduled to happen in 2021
Coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan city of China, has infected more than 1 crore people worldwide. The death toll of the pandemic has suppressed 5 lacs globally according to worldometres.
An Australian MP, Shaoquette Moselmane, who has been a vociferous supporter of China, has been under investigation on charges of being a part of China's wider espionage racket