Migrants Responsible For Covid Spread In Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray

Raj Thackeray said the states the migrant labourers came from lacked adequate facilities to test them for coronavirus.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday said migrant workers from other states were responsible for the rapid spread of coronavirus in Maharashtra, which has been reporting a large number of new infections since the last few weeks. He said the states the migrant labourers came from lacked adequate facilities to test them for coronavirus."Maharashtra is the most industrialised state in India which attracts a large number of workers from other states. The places from where these workers come lacked enough testing facilities. "During the lockdown last year, I had suggested that migrant workers who returned to their native places should be tested, but it was not done," Raj Thackeray told reporters, after a virtual interaction with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Raj Thackeray said he asked the CM to allow sportspersons to join the practice sessions and to permit gymnasiums to function with social distancing.