Lockdown leads to loss of jobs, says Fadnavis
   Date :13-Apr-2021

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PUNE :
 
STATING that people lose their jobs when a lockdown is imposed, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Monday alleged the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government is not serious about providing any financial aid to vulnerable sections. Taking a dig at the State Government amid talks that an extended lockdown is imminent in Maharashtra in view of a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, Fadnavis said there is a “lockshahi” in the state now instead of ‘lokshahi’ (democracy). The Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly was addressing a rally for the upcoming bypoll to Pandharpur-Mangalvedha Assembly constituency in Solapur district.
 
The BJP has fielded Samadhan Autade against Bhagirath Bhalke, son of late MLA Bharat Bhalke, of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for the April 17 contest. “When this Government came into power, it was called as Maha Vikas Aghadi but now it has become a ‘Maha Vasooli (extortion) Aghadi’. The way they have started the vasooli from police, farmers and the common man, it shows that all the three ruling parties (Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) have only one agenda and that is to collect money from wherever itis possible,” he alleged.
 
Fadnavis was referring to the allegations of corruption raised by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh against then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, an NCP stalwart. “In the last ten days, 50 to 55 per cent of the total deaths in the country were reported from Maharashtra. Similarly, 60 per cent of the total cases in the country were also reported from Maharashtra,” he said.