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I don't aspire to become Maharashtra CM: Uddhav

September 23, 2014

Mumbai, Sep 23: A fortnight after openly voicing his desire to become Chief Minister, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said he has no such ambition.udhav

"Today people from the Varkari Samaj have come to my house to bless me and support Shiv Sena for the upcoming Assembly polls. The love that I have been showered with is enough for me. I do not aspire to become the CM of Maharashtra," Thackeray said.

He was addressing a gathering of people from the Varkari sect, devotees of Lord Vittal, who have declared support for Shiv Sena in the elections.

"Everyone wants to be the CM and people fight for the chair. But see how fortunate I am. I do not want the crown on my head, yet people want to see me as the CM. This love has to be earned," he said.

Though Shiv Sena has been pitching strongly for Uddhav as Chief Ministerial candidate of the saffron alliance, BJP has not been enthusiastic about it with its leaders maintaining a decision on who would occupy the post will be taken after the polls.

Attending an event organised by a TV news channel on September 13, Uddhav had expressed his desire to become the Chief Minister for the first time from a public platform.

"I want the people to give me a chance and they will not be given a chance to complain," he had said.

The Shiv Sena president, in the same breath, had also said he was not dreaming of the Chief Minister's post, but will not shy away from responsibility.

"These days Chief Ministers do not understand people's problems. They only make aerial visits and fly to the annual Pandharpur Yatra. They secretly pray to save their seats while declare publicly that they have prayed for a happy state," he said, apparently taking a dig at Congress Chief Ministers who attend the congregation of Varkaris at the pilgrim town in Solapur district every year.

He also made a veiled attack on his estranged cousin and MNS leader Raj Thackeray.

"It's time for a pitched battle with Congress and NCP. There is a third slot as well. I hope that slot is never filled. But if the need arises, we will rise against them (MNS) as well," Thackeray said.

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March 4,2020

Mar 4: Twenty-one Italian tourists and three Indian tour operators have been sent to an ITBP quarantine facility in Delhi on Tuesday for suspected coronavirus exposure, official sources said.

Health Ministry sources said these foreigners, 13 women and eight men, were in the same group of which an Italian and his wife have tested positive in Rajasthan capital Jaipur.

“His (Italian in Jaipur) condition is stable,” a source said.

Three Indians, who were accompanying this Italian group as tour operators, have also been sent to the ITBP facility in Chhawla area of south-west Delhi, they said.

All these people, staying at a five-star hotel in south Delhi, have been put in “preventive isolation” at the ITBP camp and their samples will be taken on Wednesday, sources said.

The centre already has 112 people, 76 Indians and 36 foreigners, since February 27 after they were evacuated by an IAF plane from Wuhan in China, the epicentre of the coronavirus.

The first samples of these 112 people had tested negative when reports came in last week.

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March 28,2020

New Delhi, Mar 28: The total number of coronavirus positive cases in the country has risen to 918 that include foreign nationals, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.

The ministry said: "The total positive cases of coronavirus are 918. The active COVID-19 cases are 819. Cured and discharged are 79. While 19 deaths have occurred so far. One person with COVID-19 migrated. As many as 15,24,266 passengers were screened at airports."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 21-day lockdown in the entire country to deal with the spread of coronavirus, saying that "social distancing" is the only option to deal with the disease, which spreads rapidly.

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May 1,2020

Sangod, May 1: Claiming that "drinking alcohol will surely remove coronavirus from the throat", Congress MLA from Sangod, Bharat Singh Kundanpur, has in a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot urged the reopening of liquor stores in the state, which have been closed in the wake of nationwide lockdown.

"When coronavirus can be removed by washing hands with alcohol, then drinking alcohol will surely remove virus from the throat," Kundanpur wrote in his letter dated April 30.

He also alleged that the sale of illegal liquor and bootlegging had become rampant in the state due to the closure of liquor stores during the lockdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on March 24 announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown was later extended till May 3.

As many as 2,617 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Rajasthan, as per the latest update by the state Health Department.

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