Coronavirus deserves to live: Ex U Khand CM
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New Delhi, May 14 : At a time when the whole world is seeking solution to get rid of the Covid pandemic, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the virus is a living organism and it deserves to live .
Rawat s unusual video statement went viral on social media in which he said that the pandemic is a living organism like human being so that it also has the right to live.
His remarks triggered stinging barbs from Opposition leaders who had described his statement as not just insensitive , but also foolish .
Sources said that CM Tirath Singh Rawat will meet state BJP chief Madan Kaushik and some senior leaders to discuss the names that would be appointed to these posts
DEHRADUN: CM Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday reversed another major decision of his predecessor Trivendra Singh Rawat by removing over 100 party functionaries who held posts in various government divisions. An office order signed by state chief secretary Om Prakash said that all those holding posts of directors, chairpersons and members of various boards, commissions and directorates in Uttarakhand were being relieved with immediate effect.
The order mentions that all those given these posts after March 18, 2017 when the BJP government came to power will no longer hold their positions. It adds that those holding constitutional posts (like heads of child rights commission, minority commission, subordinate services commission etc) have been excluded from the list.
To protest the rising inflation, fuel prices, unemployment, and anarchy in Uttarakhand, the Congress on Sunday took out a protest march and held a public meeting in Pauri district against the BJP government in the state. Senior Congress leader and leader of opposition in the state assembly Indira Hridayesh fainted during the protest due to low blood pressure and was taken to a hospital in nearby Devprayag where she recovered after an hour, vice president of the party s state unit Suryakant Dhasmana said. Addressing the people who had gathered at the Ramlila Maidan and Gola Bazaar as part of the Jan Akrosh rally, Uttarakhand Congress chief Pritam Singh alleged that the BJP regime has failed to control rising inflation and unemployment in the state.