Tejashwi converts official residence into COVID-19 care centre

Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly asks government to take over it as the centre is in a government bungalow

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said he had converted his official residence into a COVID-19 care centre, with beds for patients and all necessary medical equipment. Mr. Yadav, who is also Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, has set up the centre at his 1, Polo Road residence in Patna in his personal capacity. “But I cannot run the centre as it is a government bungalow,” he said in a video message. “I urge the State government to take over my official residence where I’ve provided all facilities of beds, oxygen cylinders, medicines, free food and all medical equipment for COVID-19 patients, to convert into isolation wards or quarantine centres as people are not getting beds, medicines or other necessary help in government hospitals,” Mr. Yadav said in the video, with photographs of the arrangements made at his residence.