Sanjay Raut, the main spokesman for the Shiv Sena and a member of the Rajya Sabha (RS), criticized the leaders of the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Maharashtra for allegedly politicizing the reopening of places of worship after denial to celebrate Chhath. bid in the state amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Raut said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should ask his party members to desist from participating in politics because of Covid-19. He argued that the BJP should follow a uniform national policy for Chhath puja celebrations.
Although the BJP had applied for permission to hold Chhath puja, which is largely performed by people from eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP), Bihar and Jharkhand, the state government did not grant permission, citing this as a precautionary measure to contain the spread. of contagion. .
Previously, on November 16, the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi coalition government (MVA), made up of the Seine, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, had reopened the places of worship.
In his weekly column, Rokh Thok, published in the Saamana party spokesman every Sunday, Raut said that the BJP was on mission mode to seize West Bengal from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) after retaining power in Bihar. However, the Sena leader had a problem for his political rival: when will the BJP be able to overcome genuine challenges like the battle against Covid-19 and revive a contracting economy?
He also criticized the “misplaced confidence” of Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal, claiming that the rise in viral infection in the national capital occurred due to the easing of all restrictions.
Raut noted that Covid-19 has hit Delhi, where the president and prime minister live. “People are dying in front of their eyes. It would be a great national service if the prime minister could tell members of his own party not to do politics over the Covid-19 pandemic in one of his speeches to the nation, ”he said.
He also turned his gaze to the leaders of the Maharashtra BJP and claimed “… those who associate the fight against Covid-19 with Hindutva are the enemies of the people.”
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