When Covid patients came to vote in PPE kits and wheelchairs
Pune |
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Radheshyam Jadhav
Sugar and milk cooperatives are the lifeline of Maharashtra’s politics, and politicians go to any extent to control these bodies. Even as the spread of Covid-19 continues like wildfire in the rural areas of the State, the election at the milk cooperatives in Kolhapur was fiercely contested, with politicians ensuring that even Covid-19 patients exercised their voting rights wearing PPE kits, sitting in wheelchairs, and lying on stretchers. NCP, BJP and Congress leaders ensured that voters excercised their franchise in the closely fought contest.