Some key decisions by MVA government helped bringing down COVID-19 cases: Sharad Pawar

The NCP chief also expressed confidence that things will go back to normal and the pandemic-hit economy will revive.

on Friday hailed the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, saying that “some important decisions” taken by it helped bringing down the cases, and also expressed confidence that things will go back to normal and the pandemic-hit economy will revive.

He said the Maharashtra government has indicated that it will provide relief to people in fuel prices after the Centre’s excise duty cut on petrol and diesel, but it will be in a position to do so if the Central government pays the GST compensation to the State.

Mr. Pawar was talking to reporters at Govind Baug, his residence at Baramati in Pune district, on the occasion of his family’s get-together for Deepavali celebration, when party workers across the Sate visit him to extend their festival greetings. Last year, Mr. Pawar’s family did not celebrate Deepavali in Baramati due to .