Nawab Malik operating malicious marketing campaign towards Union govt, sack him: BJP writes to Governor

Alleging that NCP chief Nawab Malik was operating a malicious marketing campaign towards the Centre, state BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Monday wrote to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in search of that he be sacked as a minister.
He additionally sought {that a} legal offense be filed towards Malik for allegedly spreading flawed details about the Centre in regard to the pandemic.
Malik had final Saturday blamed the Union authorities over the delay in Remdesivir provide to Maharashtra. He had alleged that the 16 export corporations of Remdesivir, that are prohibited from exporting the drug or its lively pharmaceutical components, aren’t being allowed to promote the anti-viral to Maharashtra however have been allowed to promote to Gujarat.
In his letter, Patil wrote, “Malik has said Centre has warned companies not to supply Remdesivir to Maharashtra. But he has not provided any documentary proof to substantiate these serious charges.”
“However, these rumours have led to panic and unrest. It is a serious matter, as a senior Cabinet minister in the MVA government was making in false charges against the Modi government. Therefore, as the constitutional head of state, the Governor should intervene and sack Malik immediately. He should be booked under criminal offense and punished,” he added.
Meanwhile, the BJP on Monday defended former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ obvious involvement in procuring 50,000 Remdesivir vials, value Rs 4.75 crore, via a pharma firm based mostly in Daman, and his intervention to forestall the Mumbai Police from questioning a director of the corporate.

Party vice-president Prasad Lad advised mediapersons, “The MVA government generated the controversy as it did not want BJP to get credit for procuring 50,000 Remdesivir vials for Maharashtra… Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should stop this childish politics. Instead of worrying about politics and credit, the government should work towards saving innocent lives being lost due to lack of Remdesivir.”
Refusing to acknowledge of any violation of guidelines, Lad stated: “We had permission from the FDA (to procure the drugs). Bruck Pharma was among the 11 companies shortlisted by the government to supply Remdesivir. If the government says a stock of 60,000 vials had arrived, where is it? The police questioned the Bruck Pharma official to scuttle BJP’s noble initiative to get Remdesivir for the state.”