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Maharashtra opposition interested in politics, not public welfare”
Cabinet minister and NCP state president Jayant Patil says election rallies and congregations held in second wave will have huge ramifications
GN Bureau | April 22, 2021
Refuting any political instability in the state, Jayant Patil, Maharashtra cabinet minister and state president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has said the government is very stable and there are no differences among allies.
The senior leader accused the opposition of ‘playing politics’ and disregarding public welfare. “Of course it is politically very stable govt. We don’t have any differences among ourselves. Basically, we are a government that is formed with the support of 170 MLAs. The opposition unfortunately is not interested in working like opposition. They are interested in proving ‘Main Aaa Raha Hoon’ (I am going to come back to power),” said Patil.
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Getting a test done is becoming difficult, and once done it may not be trustworthy
Praggya Guptaa | April 20, 2021 | Noida/New Delhi
At a time when the country is fighting the virulent second wave of Covid-19 with daily cases upwards of 2,50,000, testing is of critical importance, but government-run labs are not only delaying reports, in one case there was a goof-up and a negative report turned to positive within a day.
Alok Yadav, a 38-year-old resident of Ghaziabad, had cold and cough, so he went to the Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, to give his sample for an RT-PCR test on April 12. He received his report three days later, on April 15, which came out to be negative. Heaving a sigh of relief, Alok resumed his normal activities including going to office. The next day, however, he received a call from Lucknow to check on his symptoms and then he found he was positive. In shock, Alok checked his online report again and found the status had changed from
A political war erupted between the centre and Maharashtra over supply of essentials including medicines and oxygen as the state struggles to control the raging Covid-19 amidst scarce health infrastructure.
Maharashtra has seen a consistent rise in Covid infections and recorded 67,123 new cases and 419 deaths on Saturday. The state has contributed to a case load of 25.67% of new cases. There is shortage of normal and ICU beds at public and private hospitals and it has been red-flagging severe shortage of vaccines, essential medicines like Remdisivir and oxygen to the centre.
On Saturday Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and state minister Nawab Mallik said 16 export oriented units in the country are holding stocks of 20 lakhs vials of Remdesivir as the government has now banned exports. These units are now seeking permission to sell this medicine in the country but are not being allowed by the centre and were warned that if they sell it to Maharashtra their licence will be