Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was heckled and taunted on May 1, 2021 while visiting a hospital in Nashik district of Maharashtra. The angry remarks regarding social distancing and body shaming comments brought Fadnavis’s visit to an abrupt end.
Crowd boos BJP leader, Devendra Fadnavis as he enters a hospital in Nashik, asks him to follow social distancing, making him end his visit abruptly.
One can also hear the word Tarbooj, a name given to him by Raj Thackeray with the purpose of body shaming. pic.twitter.com/BLltHS01mo
— Sonam Mahajan (@AsYouNotWish) May 1, 2021
Earlier, at least 22 Covid patients died at municipal-corporation-run Zakir Husain Hospital after an oxygen tanker leaked causing shortage of supply. At the time, the BJP leader demanded a detailed inquiry and that other patients be helped and shifted if needed. However, the administration did not take any further action to look into the matter.
All victims were on ventilators and in need of constant oxygen supply. Around 150 patients were either oxygen-dependent or on ventilators and 31 patients were later shifted to other hospitals.
As of May 3, Nashik has 175 Covid hospitals with 2,711 available beds. In the last 24 hours, 2,179 new cases were recorded along with 8 Covid-19 deaths.
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