Now, Devendra Fadnavis writes to Chief Minister seeking frontline workers status for journalists Mirror Online / Updated: May 12, 2021, 14:38 IST Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday demanded that journalists should be declared as frontline workers. In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Fadnavis demanded that journalists and cameramen should be declared as frontline workers and given priority in vaccination. The BJP leader also said that several journalists have been making a demand and have also registered an online protest. "In the first wave, we lost several journalists and many have lost lives in the second wave. In such conditions, it is our responsibility to take care of them. If they are declared frontline workers, they will get priority in vaccination."