CM Uddhav Thackeray slams BJP’s Ashirvad yatras amid third COVID wave threat in Maharashtra

The CM said that “these people do not seem to care if some people die due to such rallies.”

Mumbai: With the threat of third COVID-19 wave looming large, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday (August 31) slammed BJP’s Ashirvad yatras for putting people’s lives at risk. He cited the Centre’s letter that warned against festival gatherings and said that those who still want to protest against orders banning crowds should take note of it. “Central government has also said that the third wave of COVID-19 is expected and has asked states, through a letter, to avoid gatherings during Dahi Handi and Ganeshotsav. We should show this letter to those who want to protest,” Thackeray said in a virtual address after inaugurating an oxygen plant in Thane.