No one should play politics on issues concerning people, says Uday Samant

Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Monday said politics should not be played on important issues concerning people against the backdrop of the death of several patients at two staterun hospitals in Nanded and Chhatrapati SambhajinagarThe opposition should behave as an effective opposition No one including the ruling party and the opposition should play politics on important issues the minister told reportersHe appealed to the opposition camp Shiv Sena UBT Congress and NCP Sharad Pawar faction to accept the leadership of Chief Minister Eknath ShindeThe government is of the view that the deaths of patients in Nanded were unfortunate We dont want these incidents repeated elsewhere he addedAs many as 31 patients including infants died at the Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded in 48 hours since September 30 while the death of 18 patients was recorded at the Government Medical College and Hospital at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar between October 2 and 3 officials had saidWithout taking names Samant claimed the leader of the opposition remains absent whenever CM Shinde calls for a meeting on reservations and other developmentrelated issues but later criticises the governmentSamant claimed the then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had not accepted a proposal for setting up a government medical college in Ratnagiri but the Shinde government approved this suggestionDuring the COVID19 pandemic 30 per cent of deaths among more than 5 lakh people occurred in Maharashtra How can one take credit for good work during that period Samant questioned in a veiled jibe at former CM Thackeray He said CM Shinde doesnt work on Facebook and social media aloneSamant said all departments will come out with the progress report for the last twoandahalf years in the next two to three daysQueried on Shiv Sena leader Manisha Kayandes purported statement that Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will join the Union government Samant said it was her personal opinion and the party has got nothing to do with itThe chief minister has already clarified this The ruling party is doing good work under the guidance of Fadnavis The decision of going to the Centre or remaining in state politics is the prerogative of Fadnavis and his party he addedHe said the CM has given clear instructions to Shiv Sena leaders to offer comments only on the official views of the partyAgainst this background Kayandes comments have no value he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever