Mumbai: Taking a swipe on the Centre over the plight of migrant labourers amidst the coronavirus-induced lockdown, Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Sunday stated the humanity proven by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by washing the toes of conservatory employees appears to have vanished now.
In his weekly column revealed within the Sena mouthpiece “Saamana”, Mr Raut stated, “Prime Minister Modi had washed the feet of four conservatory workers in Varanasi and showed us the humanity. It seems this humanity has vanished in the last three months”.
The PM had washed washed the toes of safai karamcharis (sanitation employees) throughout Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj final February as a mark of respect for his or her work.
Mr Raut, who’s the chief editor of the “Saamana” and chief whip of the Sena in Parliament, additionally sought to attract parallels between “politicisation” of displacement of Kashmiri Pandits and the plight of migrant labourers, who’re bearing the brunt of the lockdown.
“The issue of Kashmiri Pandits being forced to leave their homes and living as refugees in their own country has been politicised frequently. Today, some six crore migrant workers are forced to live the similar way,” he stated.
“Those who get angry with Adolf Hitler’s cruelty and treatment to Jews should tell us what have they done for these migrant workers. If the ruling government is not moved by the sufferings of migrant workers in all states then this Coronavirus has ended the humanity,” he stated.
Mr Raut additionally focused BJP leaders from Maharashtra over their “frequent” assembly with state governor BS Koshyari as a substitute of interacting with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena.
“The Opposition in Maharashtra is consistently claiming that the Thackeray-led government has failed. They should not forget that governments of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat are actually the biggest failures in containing COVID-19 cases.”
“And since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah hail from Gujarat, they cannot escape this responsibility,” he stated.
Mr Raut stated that everyone is crusing in the identical boat so far as the present COVID disaster and its adversarial affect on the economic system are involved. “We have to work together to contain the outbreak,” he added.
Mr Raut additionally slammed former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP who had criticised NCP chief Sharad Pawar for questioning the “Atma Nirbhar” bundle within the latter’s latest letter to the prime minister.
“Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis is getting agitated with letters of Sharad Pawar. Who has stopped him from writing letters to Prime Minister Modi?” he requested.
Rut stated the one agenda of Fadnavis is to dissolve the Sena-led tripartite authorities with the assistance of the governor.
“If the Opposition keeps patients their lockdown will also end soon,” Mr Raut stated cryptically.
He additionally stated that Opposition celebration (learn BJP) is ridiculed essentially the most on social media “which is not a good sign”.
Mr Raut additionally requested Fadnavis to satisfy the CM and Sharad Pawar as soon as.
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