0 Thousands of contractual workers hired for sanitation and other work when the pandemic was at its peak have launched a protest alleging the government has terminated them. The frontline workers from across Maharashtra, many of whom are staying put at Azad Maidan, said they were once called Corona warriors by the prime minister, but have been conveniently forgotten just before the vaccination drive began.

The protesters, who hail from different parts of Maharashtra, are fighting under the banner of Corona Yodha Karmachari Parishad