File photograph of Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat.
Speaking to reporters right here, state Revenue Minister and senior Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat stated he’ll donate a yr’s wage, whereas different Congress MLAs will contribute a month’s wage to the CMRF.
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The Maharashtra Congress on Thursday stated it should donate almost Rs 2 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to contribute in the direction of the free COVID-19 vaccination drive for folks within the age group of 18 to 44. Speaking to reporters right here, state Revenue Minister and senior Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat stated he’ll donate a yr’s wage, whereas different Congress MLAs will contribute a month’s wage to the CMRF.
“My one yr’s wage and a month’s wage of all Congress MLAs might be donated to the CMRF. This will come up to Rs 2 crore,” he said, adding that the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee will also contribute Rs 5 lakh. Apart from this, the vaccination cost of 5,000 employees of Sangamner-based Amrut Group of Industries, which is headed by him, will be donated to the CMRF, the minister said.
The COVID-19 crisis has taken a serious turn in the country and the state, he said. The best preventive measure against the virus is to vaccinate all citizens in a time-bound manner, Thorat said.
Many vaccination campaigns were carried out during the Congress rule at the Centre, and the Congress government did not worry about profit or loss and gave free vaccines to people by prioritising their health, he said, accusing the Narendra Modi government of running away from its responsibility. The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced its decision to inoculate citizens in the age group of 18 to 44 against COVID-19 for free at state-run vaccination centres.
The state will have to bear an expenditure of Rs 6,500 crore to vaccinate 5.71 crore citizens in this age group. PTI MR ARU ARU 04291813 NNNN.
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