The ruling NCP and Congress in Maharashtra on Monday hit out at the Centre over its handling of the COVID-19 situation in the country and called for one nation, one policy to fight the pandemic. State Minority Affairs Minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik also demanded that the Narendra Modi government convene an all-party meeting to chalk out the policy. The coronavirus cannot be eradicated only through advertisements at a time when there is a need to work out one nation, one policy considering the current COVID-19 situation in the country, a statement said quoting Malik. He claimed the situation in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar was such that the last rites of COVID-19 victims were being performed in rivers instead of crematoriums.
File photo of NCP leader Nawab Malik.
MUMBAI: The ruling NCP and Congress in Maharashtra on Monday hit out at the Centre over its handling of the Covid-19 situation in the country and called for one nation, one policy to fight the pandemic.
State minority affairs minister and NCP leader nawab malik also demanded that the Narendra Modi government convene an all-party meeting to chalk out the policy. The coronavirus cannot be eradicated only through advertisements at a time when there is a need to work out one nation, one policy considering the current Covid-19 situation in the country, a statement said quoting Malik.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Does a ‘Party Society’ Really Subsume the Politics of ‘Identity’ and ‘Development’?
While West Bengal’s “exceptionalism” is often touted to explain the claimed lack of communal and caste-based politics in the state, the rise of populist forces has somehow managed to take advantage of identitarian fault lines without creating space for democratic political mobilisation of marginalised sections.
Elections for 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held between 27 March and 29 April 2021 in eight phases.
The key political players in the upcoming elections include:
(i) The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its allies, including the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha;
Nearly 80% polling in Bengal, 77% in Assam in Phase 1 sify.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sify.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.