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BJP’s Kirit Somaiya busts Nawab Malik’s lie, says MVA utilizing ‘stunts’ to divert consideration from their very own failure

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Maharashtra’s Minister and NCP chief Nawab Malik on Saturday had launched a scathing assault on the opposition celebration in Maharashtra accusing them of hoarding Remdesivir- an antiviral drug getting used for Covid remedy, by sourcing it from Bruck Pharma. The NCP chief furthered his allegation by repeating the claims in a number of media interactions on Sunday.
“The BJP is trying to ensure that Maharashtra doesn’t get its stock of Remdesivir,” alleged @nawabmalikncp, whose celebration shares energy within the state with the Shiv Sena and Congress.https://t.co/o1pmVkMiJS— Deccan Herald (@DeccanHerald) April 18, 2021
In a sequence of tweets on April 17, Nawab Malik had claimed that 16 export oriented items in India presently have over 20 lakh vials of Remdesivir and because the authorities of India has quickly banned exports, these items are looking for to promote these vials in India. Malik claimed that the federal government of India is limiting these export items from promoting and has ordered that solely the 7 Pharma corporations which might be producing the drug ought to promote it. He referred to as it a choice making disaster, alleging that these 7 Pharma corporations are refusing to take duty.
Nawab Malik’s tweet Kirit Somaiya busts his lie, exhibits Bruck Pharma’s approval letter
BJP chief Kirit Somaiya has now come out to diffuse the baseless allegations made by Nawab Malik. Somaiya on Monday tweeted a replica of the official approval letter signed by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration- Maharashtra State, giving a go-ahead to the distribution of the life-saving drug- Remdesivir.
Thackeray Sarkar Nawab Malik ji 48 hours over, U charged GOI PROHIBITED 16 Exporting Companies from giving Remdesivir to Maharashtra. Till Now U haven’t disclosed Names of 16 Cos or such Prohibition letter. U named 1 Company, that additionally proved WrongStop such STUNTS & Diversion pic.twitter.com/YNHS7x6AOq— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) April 19, 2021
The order dated April 17 to Bruck Pharma by Maharashtra FDA states, “…this is to inform you that the product Remdesivir for injection 100mg/vial manufactured by you…which is granted to you for an export purpose and was planned for an export is hereby allowed to be distributed under emergency and very high demanding situation of Covid-19 pandemic for Maharashtra Government supply or trade in Maharashtra State only, after complying the necessary requirements. Further you are directed to submit the details of production and distribution to this office.”
The approval letter addressed to Bruck Pharma by Maharashtra’s FDA as tweeted by Kirit Somaiya
The letter acknowledged clearly that Bruck Pharma has the state authorities’s approval to provide the drug and there’s no restriction by the central authorities on this regard. Somaiya asserted that to date, Malik has not supplied any proof, or named any of the export items which have allegedly been prevented by the central authorities to promote Remdesivir.
This has punctured the NCP leaders’ try to unfold faux information, create panic within the state and malign the Centre to cover the failures of the state authorities. 
Congress sympathizer caught spreading faux information
Saket Gokhale, an ardent supporter of the Congress celebration was additionally caught spreading the identical faux information by way of his Twitter deal with. Unfortunately, his lie and deceit have acquired over 10k retweets on the social media platform.
Last evening, Vile Parle police station in Mumbai seized 4.75 crores value of Remdesivir vials that have been being secretly moved by a Gujarat firm. Suddenly, @Dev_Fadnavis exhibits up on the police station late evening & says BJP ordered these vials from Daman & Gujarat. (1/5)— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) April 18, 2021
Bruck Pharma vs the MVA authorities
Just after Nawab Malik attacked the Centre concerning ‘step-motherly’ remedy to non-BJP states and interrupting the availability of Remdesivir, the Mumbai Police on Saturday detained and questioned a director of Bruck Pharmaceuticals over the availability of Remdesivir vials. 
As per a press release, the Maharashtra unit of BJP had ordered Remdesivir from the corporate to be provided to individuals in Maharashtra, however as quickly as the corporate readied the product for supply, the director was detained by the police accusing them of hoarding the drug. 
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, zone 8, Manjunath Shinge in a press release cleared their stance saying, “We had received information from our network that a huge quantity of Remdesivir made in Daman is being stored in Mumbai and will be transported out of the country by Air cargo. We all know how important the Remdesivir medicine is for treating Covid-19 patients and it’s a matter of life and death. There is a shortage of this medicine and its export has been stopped by the government. Hence, we acted swiftly and called the owner of the pharma company just to question him about where the medicine has been stored in the city. We acted in good faith for the larger interest of public.”
The director was later launched when Devendra Fadnavis and Praveen Darekar produced the permission letter on the police station.
Praveen Darekar of the Bhartiya Janta Party who had accompanied Devendra Fadnavis to the police station had knowledgeable that the state minister for Food and Drugs Rajendra Shingne was within the know of the plan because the procurement and transportation of the drug required state govt’s permission, nonetheless, the MVA leaders continued to bask in mudslinging to divert consideration from their inefficiency.