BJP’s Bawankule hits back at Uddhav’s criticism of Maharashtra govt on hospital deaths with body bag ‘cut’ jibe

PTI, Oct 6, 2023, 5:24 PM IST

Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday hit back at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray after his attack on the Eknath Shinde government on deaths in state-run hospitals by alleging the former chief minister did not desist from taking a cut in the procurement of body bags.

The BJP had, during the COVID-19 pandemic, accused the Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of buying body bags at inflated prices and had alleged kickbacks in such procurement.

In a post on social media site X, Bawankule said when patients were dying due to lack of oxygen (during the pandemic), Thackeray was engrossed in distributing tenders.