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Parrikar has deserted Goa: Congress

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Panaji, March 5 (IANS) The Goa Congress on Monday accused Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of deserting the state after he left for Mumbai to seek medical treatment.

The ailing Chief Minister left behind a committee of three senior ministers to handle administrative decisions.

“We are going to have a state ruled by three Chief Ministers at a given time. Imagine the chaos,” Congress state president Shantaram Naik told reporters at the party’s state headquarters.

“This is a clear violation of business rules. We wish him well in his medical treatment… he has deserted Goa.”

Naik also said that the state would now be ruled by “three musketeers” in Parrikar’s absence.

A three-member ministerial committee will take major administrative decisions, while Parrikar is expected to conduct cabinet meetings via video conference, something the Congress is not in favour of.

“Goa is hostage to the whims of one individual. Things are very precarious,” Naik said, adding that because Parrikar does not trust any of his ruling allies, he had failed to deputise or swear-in an alternative Chief Minister.

“The Chief Minister should come out with a clear statement on his health. It will be helpful for Goa. The current arrangement is unconstitutional,” Naik also said.

Parrikar will be admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai once again before possibly being shifted to the US for further treatment.

The Chief Minister’s Office has maintained that Parrikar is suffering from “mild pancreatitis” for which he was admitted to the Mumbai hospital on February 15.

After his return to Goa on February 22, the Chief Minister was again shifted to a local government-run health facility for a week, before being discharged last week.

–IANS
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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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