THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister A K Balan has said that the rapid spread of Covid-19 in the state was a purposefully created one due to serious lapse from the opposition. Even though he welcomed the UDF decision to end protesting in streets he said it could have been taken earlier and he also criticised the BJP’s stand of continuing the protests. He said BJP should rethink their stand and he added that BJP is not learning anything from past experiences.