The state of affairs in Maharashtra is deteriorating day by day, with increasing Covid-19 cases and non-payment of salaries to frontline Corona warriors. Some of the Cabinet ministers in the Maharashtra government, who had come together to give a press conference, were questioned on this by frontline healthcare workers.
In the press conference, two women who have reportedly not been paid any salary for months, started questioning the politicians.
Immediately the cabinet ministers in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government got up and left the venue, without addressing the issue of their long-pending salaries or expressing any sympathy.
The video of the incident has been widely shared on social media.
कॅबिनेट मंत्री अमित देशमुख, पालकमंत्री विजय वडेट्टीवार, आमदार किशोर जोरगेवार कोरोना योद्यांना थकीत वेतनाच उत्तर न देता प्रेस कॉन्फरंस सोडून पडाले.😡
Shame on @AmitV_Deshmukh @VijayWadettiwar pic.twitter.com/EaZqkvDFK1
— Hardik Suchak (@Hardik77117618) April 28, 2021
The two women in the video seemed very distressed over the non-payment of salaries. They were later escorted away by the police.
What a shame for Maharashtra government. When Corona warriors questioned them for their long pending salaries the cabinet minister went away from the press conference instead of answering them. And hardly anybody from the Marathi media is showing this.#MahaVasooliAaghadi https://t.co/5Ms32UCnOX
— saurabh shah (@hisaurabhshah) April 28, 2021
Already the coalition government of Shiv Sena, NCP, and the Congress has been accused of manhandling the entire second wave corona outbreak. But what is even sadder is that people who risk their lives every day are not getting any salary from the state.
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