"Drink rum, eat fried eggs, and COVID-19 will vanish", says Karnataka Congress leader

Guwahati: Amid the mad scramble to develop an effective vaccine or treatment for the novel coronavirus, Karnataka Congress councillor in has put forward a 'simple homemade medicine' to beat coronavirus - rum and half-fried eggs, sunny side up.

In a video that has gone viral, Ravichandra Gatti, Congress councillor from Ullal CMC in Mangaluru, asked people to drink 90ml rum after adding a teaspoonful of ground pepper. "Eat two half-fried omelettes as well, and coronavirus will disappear", he asserted in the viral video.

"Add a teaspoonful of ground pepper in 90ml rum and stir it well with your finger and drink it. Eat two half-fried omelettes to ensure that the coronavirus vanishes," said Ravichandra Gatti in the viral video.

He also confirmed that he had tried many medicines for Covid-19 but only this has worked. "I am not suggesting this as a politician, but as a member of the corona committee," he said, adding "there are many people in Bengaluru and Madikeri who drink rum but I do not drink or eat fish," Congress councillor said. As per reports, Gatti is known to be a social worker for almost 15 years.

Meanwhile, Senior Congress leader Ugrappa has declined to comment on the party worker's video while UT Khader was not reachable on phone. It has been reported that Ghatti's phone was unreachable and he was last active on his Whatsapp account on Tuesday evening.

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