When Go corona, go becomes chant of the nation
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Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 15:26 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 16: A video of Union Minister Ramdas Athawale during March, 2020, Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Tang Guocai and Buddhist monks chanting Go corona, go corona at a prayer meet has gone viral on social media.
The video was reportedly shot at Gateway of India on February 20 during a prayer session to stop the spread of the coronavirus in China.
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For the time being the chant became the country s slogan as people were scared that time just after the fatal virus break out and nationwide lockdown began.
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Mumbai: The two tools Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray handily wields against the barrage of attacks against him and his Maha Vikas Aghadi government are old-fashioned instinct and sophisticated calculation. These were once again in evidence as the state government slashed the security cover of the leader of the opposition in the assembly Devendra Fadnavis and his family, former UP governor Ram Naik, MNS president Raj Thackeray, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, another former CM and BJP MP Narayan Rane, Union Minister Raosaheb Danve. Rane had âY-plusâ security.
As per a government notification issued on January 8, Fadnavis will now get âY-plus security with escortâ, instead of the âZ-plusâ cover. Security for his wife Amruta Fadnavis and daughter Divija has been downgraded from âY-plus with escortâ to âXâ category. Former Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik will now get âYâ cover instead of âY-plusâ. MNS c
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Updated: January 10, 2021 5:37 pm IST
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said reduced security won t affect his travel (File)
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Changes in security cover based on prevailing threat perception : State
BJP accuses the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi of vendetta politics
Mumbai:
The Maharashtra government has reduced security cover for former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his family, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, as well as withdrawing cover for state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil and former Chief Minister Narayan Rane.