Maharashtra shifting from lokshahi to lockshahi: Fadnavis
The Hindu
LoP criticises MVA govt. for mismanagement of COVID-19 situation
Criticising the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for allegedly mismanaging the COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Devendra Fadnavis said the State was moving from a democracy to a “lockdown tyranny”. Speaking at a campaign rally for the BJP candidate in the Pandharpur-Mangalwedha assembly bypoll, Mr. Fadnavis said that the tripartite MVA’s ineffectual handling of the pandemic situation and its ham-fisted actions had brought the State to its present crisis. “Today, Maharashtra has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the country. This is the situation of despair that this government has plunged Maharashtra into,” said the BJP leader. He accused the government of playing an ‘on-off game’ of imposing lockdowns and unlocking them in a bid to keep the rapidly spreading virus at bay. The State is shifting from lokshahi (democracy) to lockshahi (tyranny of the lockdown), Mr. Fadnavis said.More Related News