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PANJIM: Calling upon the Opposition to refrain from playing politics in the times of pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar said “COVID -19 is a pandemic that doesn’t know any boundaries of States or countries.”
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“The world is fighting it together by coming over the ideological differences. We all 27 MLAs of BJP are strong behind CM Dr Pramod Sawant. These are the times when we need to stop creating confusion amongst the public by commenting unnecessarily against Government decisions”, said Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar.
He further said, CM Sawant has already understood the gravity of the situation and had taken precautionary measures.
Kavlekar said the Government of India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi has already been able to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
“When you compare the number of people affected with COVID-19 in India and its population density with that of numbers coming from other countries around the world, the results are very good. The efforts are paying off. Though the number of people affected with COVID-19 in Goa has gone up sharply, it’s all under control of Health Department,” he said.
Every Goan, he said, is respecting and acknowledging the efforts of frontline warriors.
“When doing this, we need to also consider that, all this part of the same government, which is taking the criticism from some Opposition party leaders, which is very awful,” he said.
“These are not times to play politics, at least not when the lives of the same people who have elected us are at stake. I would appeal to every public representative to come over party lines and support the decisions taken by the government. Baseless allegations against the decisions taken by the government regarding COVID-19, will only demoralise our frontline workers”, said Kavlekar.
