Amid ongoing controversy over hoarding of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has made a controversial assertion saying he he would put Coronavirus within the mouth of Maharashtra Opposition chief Devendra Fadnavis if he will get a hand on it.
Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party chief for allegedly enjoying politics on the time when the drug is in scarcity, Gaikwad mentioned, “Had I found coronavirus, I would have stuffed it in the mouth of Fadnavis. Is this the time to play politics? What would Fadnavis have done if he was the chief minister during the pandemic. Instead of supporting state ministers, BJP leaders are mocking them and want the state government to fail.”
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The MLA claimed that the BJP-led Central authorities has requested the Remdesivir manufacturing firms in Maharashtra to not provide the drug to the state whereas 50,000 vials of the Remdesivir injections are being equipped to Gujarat freed from value from a BJP workplace in Maharashtra.
Devendra Fadnavis accused of illegally buying Remdesivir
Gaikwad’s scathing remarks got here after Mumbai Police on Saturday detained Brucke Pharma proprietor Rajesh Dokaniya for allegedly making an attempt to export 60,000 vials of Remdesivir regardless of an export ban.
The incident took a political flip when Fadnavis later within the night went to the police station and said that Union Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya had requested the Brucke Pharma proprietor to provide most Remdesivir to the state.
While Fadnavis claimed that he has not achieved something incorrect and was not afraid of any inquiry in opposition to him, varied political events have accused the previous Chief Minister of illegally buying Remdesivir.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to her social media account slamming Fadnavis ‘for hoarding Remdesivir injections.’ “When people across the country are pleading for making available Remdesivir and struggling for each vial, at this moment one BJP leader who has been on an important post is hoarding the injection which is a crime against humanity,” Gandhi mentioned in a tweet.
Aam Aadmi Party’s Preeti Sharma Menon in the meantime known as Fadnavis’ transfer “downright illegal” and mentioned {that a} political get together couldn’t “do charity” because it was not registered with the Charity Commissioner however with the Election Commission (EC).
