STATE IS NOT HANDLING CRISIS WELL: MAHA BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday led a delegation to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to submit a complaint against the state government’s handling of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The delegation, led by Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, has demanded that the state must announce a fiscal package for daily wage earners.
“Every day, the situation is getting worse in the state. Maharashtra has the maximum number of cases as well as fatalities due to the novel coronavirus disease. In a city like Mumbai, patients can’t get hospital beds or ambulance services. Some have died while trying to shift from one hospital to another,’’ said Fadnavis, after meeting the Governor.
He added, “Farmers are in a dire situation with their rabi harvest remaining unsold. Migrant labourers are walking back home while risking their lives. We have made several representations to the government about these issues.”
Fadnavis also said that instead of writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi all the time, NCP chief Sharad Pawar should sometimes write to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to help the common people. The move is part of BJP’S ‘Maharashtra Bachao’ (Save Maharashtra) protest to highlight the state’s ‘ineffectual tackling’ of Covid-19.
However, Congress alleged that the BJP was trying to play politics amidst the pandemic. Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said, “This is not ‘Maharashtra Bachao’ but a ‘Maharashtra Virodhi’ (Anti Maharashtra) protest. Fadnavis said he did not see any efforts taken by the state to send migrants home. For his information, we have sent 2.3 lakh labourers in 19,353 state undertaking buses.’’
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