Stop Daily Dose Of Shameless Politics: Piyush Goyal To Uddhav Thackeray After Maharashtra Complains Of Oxygen Shortage
Mumbai: Union railways minister, Piyush Goyal, on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and said Maharashtra received the highest quantity of oxygen across the country and the central government is in touch with state governments to “assess their needs and help them in the best possible manner”.
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His statement comes after the Maharashtra government complained about the shortage of medical oxygen supply for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients in the state.
“GoI, with all stakeholders, is ensuring maximum oxygen production in India. We are currently producing 110% of Oxygen generating capacity and diverting all available Oxygen from industrial use to medical use,” Goyal tweeted.
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Reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s remarks at Friday’s review meeting on medical oxygen, he said that the centre and the states should work together in this crisis, Goyal accused Maharashtra’s CM Thackeray of doing pungent politics.
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“Just yesterday, PM in his review told that centre & states should work with synergy in this crisis. With this background, shocked and saddened to see petty politics being played by CM. He needs to stop his daily dose of shameless politics and take responsibility.,” the Union railways minister wrote on the microblogging site and added the state is suffering from an inept and corrupt government.
“People of Maharashtra are following ‘Majha Kutumb, Majhi Javabadari’ dutifully. It is time the CM also follows his duties in the spirit of ‘Majha Rajya, Majhi Javabadari,” he said.
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Maharashtra which is the worst-hit state in the Covid disease pandemic has till now recorded over 3.7 million cases, 59,551 deaths and 3,519,208 recoveries, according to the state health department’s bulletin.
On Friday, Maharashtra saw the highest daily surge of 63,729 new cases while 398 succumbed to the infection.
The state, apart from a weekend lockdown and night curfew, has been placed under Section 144 from April 14, 8 pm to May 1, 7 am where no movement of residents is permitted without valid reasons and all essential services have to operate from 7 am to 8 pm.
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