On Controversy Over Ventilators, BJP Leader Devendra Fadnavis's Reply

"Maharashtra has got nearly 5,000 ventilators through PM CARES fund. Many of them were kept packed for nearly four months, so the faulty ones must be replaced quickly," Devendra Fadnavis.

Maharashtra has received a large number of ventilators under the PM CARES fund and the ones that are faulty must be replaced without any politics being played on it, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. He was speaking to reporters after attending a review meeting with divisional commissioner Sunil Kendrekar. "Maharashtra has got nearly 5,000 ventilators through PM CARES fund. Many of them were kept packed for nearly four months, so the faulty ones must be replaced quickly. This is not a topic to play politics on," the former chief minister said. A PIB release of May 14 of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had said media reports of some ''Made in India" ventilators not functioning properly in Aurangabad were "baseless and incorrect, and not supported by full information on the matter".